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             A lively picture of Lewis du Moulin drawn by the incomparable hand of Monsieur Daille, late minister of Charenton.
             Daillé, Jean, 1594-1670.
          
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           A
           Lively
           Picture
           OF
           LEWIS
           du
           MOULIN
           ,
           DRAWN
           By
           the
           Incomparable
           HAND
           OF
           Monsieur
           DAILLE
           ,
           LATE
           MINISTER
           OF
           CHARENTON
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Rich.
             Royston
          
           Bookseller
           to
           His
           Most
           Sacred
           Majesty
           ,
           1680.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           A
           WORD
           TO
           THE
           DISSENTING
           BRETHREN
           .
        
         
           THere
           is
           none
           of
           you
           ,
           that
           knows
           any
           thing
           of
           the
           Protestants
           abroad
           ,
           but
           hath
           heard
           of
           the
           fame
           of
           M.
           JOHN
           DAILLE
           .
           Whose
           praise
           is
           so
           great
           not
           only
           in
           the
           Reformed
           Churches
           of
           France
           ,
           but
           in
           this
           and
           other
           parts
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           some
           hopes
           you
           may
           suffer
           your selves
           to
           be
           disabused
           ,
           by
           a
           Man
           of
           such
           Credit
           and
           Authority
           for
           learning
           and
           piercing
           observation
           ;
           for
           goodness
           and
           humility
           ;
           for
           modesty
           ,
           humanity
           ,
           and
           all
           sort
           of
           Vertues
           :
           and
           no
           longer
           give
           any
           belief
           to
           what
           
             LEWIS
             du
             MOULIN
          
           hath
           written
           ,
           or
           shall
           hereafter
           write
           against
           this
           Church
           ,
           or
           any
           member
           of
           it
           ;
           when
           you
           see
           ,
           by
           the
           help
           of
           such
           a
           glorious
           light
           as
           M.
           DAILLE
           was
           ,
           what
           kind
           of
           man
           this
           
             L.
             du
             MOULIN
          
           is
           ;
           of
           how
           small
           judgment
           ,
           fidelity
           ,
           or
           care
           about
           what
           he
           says
           ;
           and
           of
           how
           great
           vanity
           ,
           rashness
           and
           passion
           ;
           
           or
           rather
           rage
           and
           fury
           .
           Which
           render
           him
           so
           unfit
           to
           be
           a
           Writer
           ,
           that
           they
           quite
           blind
           his
           Eyes
           ;
           and
           will
           not
           let
           him
           understand
           any
           thing
           truly
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           clear
           in
           it self
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           contrary
           to
           his
           humour
           .
        
         
           You
           will
           find
           this
           Character
           abundantly
           ▪
           made
           good
           in
           what
           follows
           ;
           which
           I
           have
           taken
           out
           of
           M.
           DAILLE'S
           Preface
           to
           his
           
             Vindication
             of
             his
             Apology
          
           for
           two
           National
           Synods
           of
           France
           ,
           Printed
           at
           Amsterdam
           ,
           1657.
           
           Read
           it
           I
           beseech
           you
           patiently
           ,
           and
           consider
           it
           impartially
           till
           you
           come
           to
           the
           end
           ;
           where
           you
           will
           find
           Mr.
           BAXTER
           agreeing
           with
           him
           in
           his
           Censure
           of
           LEWIS
           du
           MOULIN
           .
           Who
           is
           not
           so
           considerable
           ,
           that
           any
           of
           those
           learned
           Divines
           whom
           he
           abuses
           should
           trouble
           themselves
           to
           give
           him
           an
           Answer
           :
           but
           leave
           the
           World
           to
           judge
           of
           him
           by
           this
           Impartial
           Character
           of
           M.
           DAILLE
           ;
           who
           sets
           him
           forth
           in
           his
           proper
           Colours
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           M.
           DAILLE
           his
           CHARACTER
           OF
           LEWIS
           du
           MOVLIN
           .
        
         
           WHen
           I
           think
           ,
           as
           
             M.
             DAILLE
             begins
             his
             Preface
          
           ,
           of
           the
           calamitous
           state
           of
           the
           Church
           at
           present
           ,
           it
           calls
           to
           mind
           that
           miserable
           face
           of
           things
           ,
           which
           that
           most
           eloquent
           Writer
           S.
           Basil
           *
           expresses
           ,
           in
           a
           no
           less
           sad
           ,
           than
           elegant
           description
           of
           his
           times
           .
           For
           as
           we
           suffer
           the
           rest
           of
           tho●e
           most
           grievous
           evils
           which
           he
           there
           mentions
           ;
           so
           more
           especially
           ,
           and
           above
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           that
           outragious
           discord
           among
           fellow-citizens
           ,
           and
           members
           of
           the
           same
           body
           ;
           which
           that
           excellent
           Father
           deservedly
           deplores
           .
           
             A
             discord
             so
             mad
             ,
             that
             ,
             as
             He
             says
             of
             his
             Countrymen
             ,
             while
             we
             fall
             furiously
             upon
             one
             another
             ,
             we
             fall
             and
             are
             overthrown
             by
             one
             another
             ;
             And
             if
             the
             enemy
             do
             not
             first
             smite
             us
             ,
             
             we
             receive
             a
             wound
             from
             our
             Auxiliary
             ;
             And
             if
             he
             be
             slain
             ,
             our
             fellow-souldier
             rises
             up
             against
             us
             .
          
        
         
           
             This
             hath
             hap'ned
             to
             many
             excellent
             Men
             in
             our
             memory
          
           ;
           and
           now
           we
           see
           those
           who
           have
           had
           many
           conflicts
           with
           our
           enemies
           ,
           and
           still
           are
           in
           arms
           against
           them
           
             (
             even
             that
             great
             Champion
             of
             the
             Protestant
             cause
             among
             us
             ,
             Dr.
          
           STILLINGFLEET
           )
           assaulted
           by
           those
           ,
           who
           in
           all
           reason
           ,
           should
           have
           helpt
           to
           defend
           them
           .
        
         
           A
           most
           deplorable
           thing
           this
           is
           ,
           and
           never
           to
           be
           enough
           lamented
           ,
           that
           men
           should
           have
           so
           little
           sense
           ,
           
           as
           after
           all
           the
           confusions
           and
           calamities
           they
           have
           brought
           upon
           themselves
           and
           us
           ,
           they
           should
           again
           put
           us
           in
           the
           same
           dangers
           ;
           by
           joyning
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           in
           their
           fierce
           oppositions
           and
           calumnies
           ,
           with
           those
           who
           endeavour
           to
           pull
           down
           this
           truly
           Reformed
           Church
           .
           And
           that
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           visible
           they
           have
           nothing
           to
           set
           up
           in
           its
           stead
           ,
           nor
           can
           possibly
           come
           to
           settle
           and
           be
           linkt
           together
           in
           any
           order
           :
           but
           are
           so
           divided
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           remain
           a
           great
           many
           little
           Independent
           bodies
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           apt
           perpetually
           to
           clash
           one
           with
           another
           ,
           till
           they
           indanger
           the
           loss
           even
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           indeed
           ,
           there
           are
           many
           honest
           men
           among
           those
           that
           dissent
           from
           us
           ,
           who
           have
           no
           such
           intentions
           ;
           and
           for
           their
           sakes
           it
           is
           that
           I
           write
           what
           follows
           :
           that
           they
           may
           help
           to
           convince
           their
           erring
           neighbours
           of
           the
           evil
           design
           of
           such
           men
           as
           would
           perswade
           them
           ,
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           hath
           been
           long
           looking
           toward
           Popery
           .
           Among
           whom
           
             LEWIS
             du
             MOULIN
          
           is
           a
           notorious
           Ringleader
           :
           who
           hath
           come
           forth
           (
           as
           that
           famous
           Writer
           
             M.
             Daillé
          
           complains
           in
           his
           case
           )
           more
           than
           once
           or
           twice
           ,
           with
           great
           outcries
           against
           it
           :
           In
           his
           
             Patronus
             bonae
             fidei
          
           ,
           in
           his
           late
           Celeusma
           ,
           and
           now
           again
           in
           his
           
             true
             Account
          
           ,
           as
           he
           calls
           it
           (
           that
           is
           most
           false
           and
           scandalous
           report
           ,
           for
           so
           you
           shall
           see
           his
           words
           are
           to
           be
           expounded
           )
           
             of
             the
             several
             Advances
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             hath
             made
             towards
             Rome
          
           ;
           Printed
           this
           Year
           1680.
           
           In
           which
           he
           hath
           the
           impudence
           (
           Be
           not
           angry
           with
           that
           Word
           ,
           you
           shall
           hear
           
             M.
             Daillé
          
           charge
           him
           with
           the
           utmost
           height
           of
           impudence
           )
           to
           say
           ;
           
             that
             this
             design
             of
             carrying
             on
             the
             Romish
             interest
             ,
             hath
             been
             strenuously
             pursued
             ▪
             and
             advanced
             ever
             since
             the
             happy
             Restauration
             of
             his
             Sacred
             Majesty
             ,
             by
             the
             Prelatical
             party
             ,
             is
             a
             thing
             
             both
             so
             visible
             and
             deplorable
             ,
             that
             it
             stands
             not
             in
             so
             much
             need
             of
             proofs
             ,
             as
             of
             our
             tears
             .
             p.
          
           25.
           
        
         
           Which
           black
           Calumny
           ought
           to
           fill
           the
           heart
           of
           every
           dutiful
           Child
           of
           this
           Church
           ,
           with
           a
           just
           indignation
           ;
           and
           hath
           moved
           me
           as
           soon
           as
           I
           meet
           with
           it
           (
           which
           was
           not
           till
           the
           middle
           of
           the
           Christmas
           holy-days
           )
           to
           bestow
           a
           few
           spare
           hours
           ,
           in
           shewing
           how
           bad
           an
           ACCOUNTANT
           he
           is
           ,
           and
           how
           little
           his
           Bawlings
           signifie
           (
           it
           is
           
             M.
             Daillé
          
           his
           word
           ,
           if
           I
           rightly
           translate
           Vociferationes
           )
           to
           which
           the
           smallest
           suspicion
           or
           surmise
           will
           so
           furiously
           provoke
           him
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           impossible
           to
           stop
           his
           mouth
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           none
           of
           my
           censure
           ,
           but
           what
           that
           Great
           Man
           says
           of
           him
           ,
           as
           I
           shall
           show
           presently
           ;
           when
           I
           have
           only
           desired
           (
           as
           he
           doth
           )
           it
           may
           be
           remembred
           ,
           
             that
             I
             am
             not
             the
             Aggressor
             ;
             but
             only
             beat
             back
             the
             assaults
             that
             are
             made
             upon
             our
             Church
             :
             and
             that
             I
             contend
             not
          
           (
           God
           forbid
           I
           should
           )
           
             to
             drive
             Brethren
             out
             of
             our
             Borders
             ;
             but
             that
             they
             may
             not
             cast
             us
             out
             of
             theirs
             .
          
           As
           this
           
             Lewis
             du
             Moulin
          
           endeavours
           to
           do
           ;
           by
           bearing
           the
           World
           in
           hand
           ,
           that
           our
           greatest
           Divines
           are
           marching
           towards
           Popery
           .
           In
           which
           lewd
           calumny
           he
           fully
           justifies
           this
           character
           which
           
             M.
             Daillé
          
           gave
           of
           him
           above
           XX.
           Years
           ago
           :
           and
           I
           have
           too
           much
           reason
           to
           believe
           he
           is
           not
           grown
           better
           ,
           but
           much
           worse
           ,
           since
           that
           time
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           That
           he
           is
           
             tam
             pusilli
             animi
          
           ,
           of
           so
           impotent
           
           a
           mind
           ,
           that
           a
           very
           small
           matter
           did
           not
           only
           put
           him
           into
           a
           commotion
           ,
           but
           into
           a
           rage
           :
           and
           made
           him
           go
           out
           of
           his
           way
           to
           be
           revenged
           ,
           with
           such
           an
           animosity
           ;
           that
           he
           
             exceeded
             the
             bounds
             not
             only
             of
             a
             Preface
          
           (
           wherein
           he
           declamed
           against
           that
           famous
           Divine
           )
           
             but
             of
             Piety
             ,
             honesty
             ,
             reason
             and
             humanity
             .
          
           This
           is
           bad
           enough
           ;
           and
           yet
           ,
           there
           is
           far
           worse
           ,
           which
           follows
           ;
           For
           he
           
           found
           him
           of
           so
           implacable
           a
           spirit
           ;
           that
           ,
        
         
           
           Secondly
           ,
           He
           was
           not
           able
           to
           mitigate
           him
           by
           the
           most
           courteous
           usage
           and
           the
           civilest
           ways
           he
           could
           think
           of
           to
           appease
           his
           fury
           .
           Which
           wrought
           nothing
           upon
           a
           man
           ,
           who
           had
           an
           ungrounded
           fancy
           working
           in
           his
           head
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           choler
           boiling
           in
           his
           breast
           ;
           which
           made
           much
           stronger
           impressions
           upon
           him
           ,
           than
           all
           the
           reason
           and
           all
           the
           kindness
           in
           the
           World.
           The
           business
           ,
           in
           short
           ,
           was
           this
           ,
           He
           had
           a
           conceit
           that
           his
           Father
           was
           injured
           by
           
             M.
             Daillé
          
           .
           Who
           thereupon
           sent
           him
           a
           message
           to
           assure
           him
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           no
           such
           thing
           intended
           ,
           as
           that
           which
           he
           called
           a
           disrespect
           to
           his
           Father
           :
           and
           that
           He
           would
           e're
           long
           satisfie
           the
           World
           in
           Print
           about
           it
           .
           
             But
             this
             civility
          
           (
           they
           are
           his
           own
           words
           )
           
             produced
             nothing
             but
             his
             scorn
             and
             mockery
             :
          
           and
           
             instead
             of
             answering
             ,
             he
             fell
             a
             raving
             ;
             returning
             a
             reply
             to
             M.
             DAILLE
             his
             Apologie
             ,
             more
             like
             a
             mad
             man
             ,
             than
             one
             that
             disputed
             either
             of
             Divine
             ,
             or
             of
             Humane
             things
             .
          
        
         
           
           Which
           frency
           ,
           wherewith
           he
           is
           still
           possessed
           ,
           and
           I
           doubt
           is
           now
           incurable
           ,
           must
           be
           his
           excuse
           for
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           faults
           ,
           which
           
             M.
             Daillé
          
           hath
           occasion
           there
           to
           mention
           .
           Among
           which
           I
           must
           not
           forget
           his
           
             high
             presumption
          
           ;
           in
           writing
           a
           Book
           about
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Ecclesiastical
           Presbytery
           ,
           
             against
             the
             common
             opinion
             of
             Protestants
             :
          
           and
           yet
           at
           the
           same
           time
           arraigning
           those
           that
           take
           the
           liberty
           to
           differ
           ,
           as
           he
           imagines
           ,
           from
           Mr.
           Calvin
           .
           What
           doth
           this
           man
           think
           of
           himself
           ,
           who
           is
           so
           bold
           ,
           as
           to
           pretend
           to
           the
           height
           of
           Orthodoxy
           ,
           though
           he
           dissent
           from
           the
           commonly
           received
           Doctrine
           among
           Protestants
           ;
           and
           yet
           to
           charge
           those
           with
           advancing
           towards
           Popery
           ,
           who
           dissent
           only
           from
           him
           ,
           or
           ,
           at
           the
           most
           ,
           only
           from
           some
           Protestants
           :
           (
           as
           shall
           appear
           before
           we
           have
           
           done
           )
           and
           that
           not
           so
           much
           in
           their
           opinions
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           explication
           of
           them
           ?
        
         
           He
           would
           blush
           at
           these
           things
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           not
           for
           
           another
           ill
           quality
           ;
           noted
           there
           by
           
             M.
             Daillé
          
           :
           which
           is
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           such
           a
           forehead
           ,
           
             as
             made
             him
             impudently
             deny
             that
             to
             have
             been
             written
             ,
             which
             all
             men
             read
             in
             Print
             .
          
           Give
           me
           leave
           to
           relate
           the
           story
           as
           
             M.
             DAILLE
          
           tells
           it
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           own
           words
           :
           For
           it
           will
           be
           of
           great
           use
           ,
           to
           demonstrate
           (
           1
           st
           )
           that
           he
           writes
           meerly
           as
           his
           affections
           and
           passions
           dictate
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           therefore
           (
           2
           dly
           )
           there
           is
           as
           much
           reason
           to
           believe
           he
           may
           as
           impudently
           affirm
           what
           is
           not
           true
           ,
           as
           he
           denyed
           what
           is
           :
           but
           above
           all
           (
           3
           dly
           )
           it
           will
           discover
           the
           very
           root
           of
           his
           malignity
           ,
           and
           lay
           bare
           the
           bottom
           of
           the
           quarrel
           he
           hath
           with
           us
           .
        
         
           
             You
             must
             know
             then
             that
          
           M.
           Daillé
           
             had
             written
             ,
             that
             Dr.
          
           Twisse
           accused
           Peter
           du
           Moulin
           ,
           
             (
             this
          
           Lewis
           
             his
             Father
             )
             who
             deserved
             very
             highly
             of
             the
             reformed
             Church
             ,
          
           of
           prevarication
           ;
           in
           his
           hypothesis
           concerning
           the
           object
           of
           reprobation
           :
           whereby
           he
           had
           too
           much
           promoted
           the
           Arminian
           cause
           ,
           and
           pulled
           up
           by
           the
           roots
           the
           Orthodox
           Doctrine
           of
           Election
           :
           
             Nay
             ,
             that
          
           Twiss
           
             feared
             not
             to
             affirm
             the
             aforesaid
          
           Peter
           du
           M.
           was
           filthily
           mistaken
           ,
           and
           brought
           back
           again
           plain
           downright
           Arminianisme
           to
           the
           reformed
           Church
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Unto
             these
             words
             of
          
           Daillé
           
             's
             ,
             this
          
           Lewis
           du
           Moulin
           
             (
             pretending
             to
             vindicate
             the
             honour
             of
             his
             Father
             )
             answers
             in
             so
             strange
             a
             manner
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             hard
             to
             say
             (
             I
             write
             still
             in
          
           M.
           D.
           
             's
             words
             )
             whether
             his
             arrogance
             and
             frowardness
             to
          
           M.
           Daillé
           ,
           
             or
             his
             impiety
             to
             his
             Father
             be
             most
             wonderful
             :
          
           For
           M.
           Daillé
           who
           most
           highly
           praises
           his
           Father
           ,
           he
           condemns
           ;
           but
           Dr.
           Twiss
           his
           Fathers
           false
           Accuser
           ,
           he
           absolves
           :
           The
           former
           he
           inveighs
           against
           ,
           in
           savage
           words
           ,
           reproaches
           and
           railings
           ;
           
           the
           later
           he
           adorns
           with
           great
           elogiums
           and
           commendations
           :
           M.
           Daillé
           he
           pronounces
           to
           be
           guilty
           of
           injuring
           his
           Father
           ;
           but
           Dr.
           Twiss
           to
           have
           always
           treated
           him
           honourably
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           never
           hurt
           him
           in
           word
           or
           in
           writing
           :
           or
           if
           there
           were
           any
           contention
           between
           them
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           handled
           friendly
           ,
           and
           without
           any
           asperity
           .
        
         
           Thus
           this
           great
           Vindex
           or
           Defender
           of
           his
           Fathers
           glory
           adventures
           to
           write
           against
           the
           common
           sense
           of
           all
           the
           World.
           For
           is
           there
           any
           body
           so
           stupid
           (
           says
           
             M.
             D.
          
           )
           so
           void
           of
           sense
           ,
           that
           will
           think
           the
           Patron
           of
           a
           Cause
           is
           not
           at
           all
           hurt
           by
           him
           ,
           who
           says
           ,
           that
           
             he
             prevaricates
          
           ?
           Is
           that
           Divine
           honourably
           treated
           by
           another
           ,
           who
           accuses
           him
           of
           the
           most
           
             dangerous
             Heterodoxy
          
           ?
           and
           affirms
           he
           doth
           
             turpiter
             hallucinari
          
           ,
           filthily
           mistake
           ;
           and
           promotes
           the
           cause
           of
           the
           adversaries
           ,
           and
           destroys
           his
           own
           ?
           Call
           you
           this
           honourable
           and
           friendly
           usage
           ,
           when
           a
           man
           is
           publickly
           traduced
           ;
           and
           not
           only
           opposed
           by
           many
           arguments
           ,
           but
           said
           to
           bring
           back
           again
           (
           and
           that
           couragiously
           and
           without
           tergiversation
           )
           that
           very
           heresie
           into
           his
           Church
           ,
           which
           he
           had
           confuted
           ?
           And
           all
           this
           is
           not
           only
           said
           ,
           but
           pertinaciously
           contended
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           by
           Dr.
           Twiss
           ;
           to
           the
           great
           grief
           of
           all
           sober
           Persons
           ,
           except
           this
           Son
           of
           
             P.
             du
          
           Moulin's
           .
           Who
           is
           so
           far
           from
           complaining
           of
           Dr.
           Twiss
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           highly
           pleased
           with
           him
           and
           huggs
           him
           .
           He
           cannot
           indure
           Dr.
           Twiss
           should
           be
           reprehended
           ,
           and
           denies
           he
           injured
           his
           Father
           at
           all
           .
           
             O
             bonum
             &
             pium
             filium
          
           !
           (
           says
           
             M.
             D.
          
           upon
           this
           occasion
           )
           O
           good
           and
           dutiful
           Child
           !
           O
           how
           dear
           (
           may
           I
           say
           )
           are
           some
           opinions
           to
           him
           ?
           In
           which
           ,
           whosoever
           dissents
           from
           him
           ,
           he
           will
           tear
           them
           in
           pieces
           :
           but
           let
           those
           who
           agree
           with
           them
           ,
           say
           what
           they
           please
           of
           his
           best
           Friends
           ,
           
           nay
           of
           his
           own
           Father
           ,
           they
           shall
           not
           ●ail
           to
           have
           his
           good
           word
           .
           
             Hence
             ,
             hence
             are
             the
             tears
             ,
          
           that
           he
           now
           ●peaks
           of
           .
           This
           raised
           his
           Spleen
           ,
           and
           put
           him
           into
           a
           new
           fit
           of
           raving
           at
           our
           Divines
           ;
           who
           jump
           not
           with
           him
           in
           some
           opinions
           ,
           which
           are
           falsly
           called
           Arminianisme
           .
           If
           they
           were
           but
           as
           rigid
           as
           he
           ,
           in
           some
           beloved
           Doctrines
           ,
           for
           which
           he
           doted
           upon
           Dr.
           Twiss
           ;
           we
           should
           not
           have
           heard
           a
           word
           of
           their
           inclination
           to
           Popery
           :
           But
           he
           would
           have
           found
           some
           excuse
           or
           other
           for
           all
           their
           faults
           ;
           nay
           ,
           been
           so
           kind
           as
           to
           magnifie
           and
           praise
           them
           ,
           whom
           he
           now
           abominates
           .
           For
           in
           favour
           of
           Dr.
           Twiss
           ,
           his
           Fathers
           Sycophant
           (
           as
           
             M.
             Daillé
          
           calls
           him
           )
           he
           doth
           little
           less
           than
           say
           ,
           his
           Father
           was
           a
           prevaricator
           ,
           a
           heretick
           &c.
           
           For
           he
           says
           his
           Father
           was
           not
           injured
           by
           Dr.
           Twiss
           ,
           though
           he
           hath
           accused
           him
           of
           these
           things
           .
        
         
           
             This
             is
             his
             egregious
             piety
             to
             his
             Father
             ,
             which
             he
             so
             much
             boasted
             of
             ;
             and
             his
             ardent
             zeal
             for
             truth
             and
             sincerity
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             his
             monstrous
             fondness
             of
             his
             own
             opinions
             .
          
           Which
           made
           him
           defend
           his
           Father
           in
           such
           a
           fashion
           ,
           that
           he
           betrayed
           him
           ;
           so
           to
           vindicate
           his
           honour
           ,
           that
           he
           not
           only
           absolved
           his
           fierce
           Adversary
           from
           all
           blame
           ,
           but
           bestowed
           upon
           him
           very
           great
           praises
           .
        
         
           Thus
           
             this
             most
             vain
             man
          
           ,
           says
           
             M.
             Daillé
          
           ,
           doth
           not
           understand
           that
           he
           hath
           this
           reward
           from
           Heaven
           for
           his
           calumnies
           against
           me
           ;
           
             (
             God
             so
             whirling
             about
             with
             secret
             furies
             ,
             his
             mind
             disordered
             by
             a
             most
             unjust
             hatred
             )
          
           
           that
           while
           he
           accuses
           me
           of
           a
           false
           crime
           ,
           he
           falls
           into
           a
           true
           one
           himself
           :
           and
           violates
           his
           Fathers
           fame
           ,
           by
           a
           base
           prevarication
           ;
           which
           he
           pretended
           was
           by
           me
           abused
           .
        
         
           Take
           another
           instance
           of
           his
           extream
           great
           vanity
           ,
           
           and
           proneness
           to
           rail
           at
           the
           greatest
           men
           without
           consideration
           ;
           
           judging
           of
           them
           meerly
           by
           their
           according
           with
           him
           in
           all
           things
           .
           There
           was
           a
           little
           difference
           between
           his
           Father
           and
           Amyraldus
           ;
           which
           was
           sweetly
           composed
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           came
           to
           talk
           together
           :
           and
           to
           the
           joy
           of
           all
           good
           men
           ,
           they
           were
           not
           only
           perfectly
           reconciled
           ;
           but
           the
           common
           Friends
           of
           both
           (
           and
           of
           the
           kindred
           of
           this
           Lewis
           )
           published
           the
           very
           kind
           Letters
           which
           passed
           between
           them
           .
           Now
           what
           doth
           this
           vain
           man
           and
           great
           admirer
           of
           such
           a
           Father
           ?
           He
           presently
           falls
           upon
           Amyraldus
           (
           as
           
             M.
             D.
          
           tells
           us
           )
           and
           singles
           him
           out
           from
           all
           others
           ,
           to
           pour
           forth
           upon
           him
           
             omne
             virus
          
           ,
           &c.
           all
           the
           venom
           and
           bitterness
           of
           his
           slander
           and
           evil
           speaking
           .
           He
           rakes
           up
           again
           all
           that
           they
           ,
           like
           good
           men
           ,
           had
           resolved
           should
           be
           buried
           and
           forgotten
           :
           and
           is
           very
           angry
           also
           ,
           (
           as
           if
           it
           were
           an
           intolerable
           crime
           )
           that
           he
           could
           see
           no
           body
           in
           all
           France
           ,
           that
           would
           raise
           a
           tumult
           and
           storm
           together
           with
           him
           against
           those
           that
           were
           of
           
             Amyraldus
             opinion
          
           .
        
         
           How
           could
           a
           man
           more
           clearly
           and
           petulantly
           condemn
           the
           judgment
           even
           of
           his
           own
           Father
           ,
           or
           oppose
           his
           will
           ,
           and
           rescind
           his
           Acts
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           lay
           in
           him
           ?
           And
           if
           you
           would
           briefly
           know
           how
           he
           treated
           Amyraldus
           (
           and
           so
           the
           less
           wonder
           at
           his
           virulent
           declamations
           against
           our
           Divines
           )
           
             M.
             D.
          
           tells
           us
           ,
           he
           calls
           his
           doctrine
           ,
           
             Fanatical
             ,
             Heretical
             ,
             Arminian
          
           ,
           (
           and
           that
           is
           as
           bad
           with
           him
           ,
           if
           not
           worse
           than
           
             Popery
             )
             worthy
             to
             be
             interdicted
             and
             anathematiz'd
             .
          
        
         
           This
           is
           another
           demonstration
           ,
           that
           railing
           is
           his
           peculiar
           gift
           ,
           wherewith
           his
           ill
           nature
           and
           rancor
           hath
           abundantly
           endowed
           him
           ,
           and
           that
           when
           he
           is
           in
           the
           fit
           of
           his
           fury
           ,
           he
           cares
           not
           what
           words
           he
           uses
           ;
           but
           pours
           forth
           ,
           as
           was
           said
           before
           ,
           
             omne
             virus
          
           ,
           the
           whole
           venome
           that
           is
           in
           his
           heart
           ,
           upon
           the
           least
           
           occasion
           .
           For
           he
           hath
           nothing
           worse
           to
           say
           of
           a
           man
           ,
           than
           that
           he
           is
           an
           Arminian
           :
           (
           unless
           he
           add
           the
           word
           Socinian
           )
           whom
           (
           it
           appears
           by
           a
           passage
           in
           his
           
             late
             Account
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             Englands
             advances
             towards
             Rome
             )
          
           he
           abominates
           more
           than
           he
           doth
           a
           Papist
           .
           For
           speaking
           there
           
             (
             Pag.
          
           9.
           )
           of
           the
           bad
           Instruments
           that
           have
           filled
           England
           with
           their
           Books
           ,
           for
           these
           Fifty
           Years
           last
           past
           ,
           he
           says
           ,
           
             they
             might
             have
             been
             pardoned
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             only
             relished
             of
             Popery
             ,
             and
             had
             not
             been
             infected
             with
             the
             venome
             of
             Arminianisme
             ,
             Pelagianisme
             ,
             Socinianisme
             ,
             and
             the
             Maximes
             of
             Mr.
             Hobbes
             .
          
        
         
           Behold
           here
           now
           a
           new
           instance
           (
           which
           I
           cannot
           
           omit
           )
           of
           the
           partiality
           and
           ungoverned
           passion
           of
           this
           most
           vain
           man.
           Who
           instances
           there
           in
           the
           Books
           of
           Dr.
           Heylin
           ,
           Mr.
           Thorndike
           ,
           Bishop
           Taylor
           ,
           Archb.
           Bramhall
           ,
           &c.
           and
           would
           perswade
           us
           they
           are
           of
           that
           pestilent
           nature
           ;
           (
           though
           they
           abhorred
           Pelagianisme
           and
           Socinianisme
           ,
           &c.
           more
           than
           himself
           :
           and
           maintained
           their
           doctrine
           to
           be
           that
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           not
           of
           Arminius
           )
           But
           lets
           Mr.
           
             Andrew
             Marvell
          
           pass
           quietly
           for
           an
           innocent
           Writer
           ,
           nay
           extols
           and
           admires
           him
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           to
           call
           him
           (
           pag.
           88.
           )
           
             that
             Great
             man
          
           ;
           though
           he
           hath
           in
           a
           most
           scurrilous
           manner
           abused
           the
           Venerable
           
             Council
             of
             Nice
          
           ,
           and
           expressed
           therein
           the
           very
           dregs
           of
           Socinianisme
           ,
           or
           something
           else
           no
           less
           Heretical
           .
           For
           this
           great
           man
           of
           his
           ,
           has
           told
           the
           World
           that
           the
           
             Nicene
             Council
             imposed
             a
             NEW
             ARTICLE
             or
             Creed
             upon
             the
             Christian
             World
             :
          
           and
           called
           that
           explication
           which
           they
           made
           of
           the
           Ancient
           Belief
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           (
           this
           being
           the
           very
           thing
           they
           insisted
           on
           ,
           that
           they
           made
           nothing
           New
           ,
           but
           only
           declared
           what
           had
           been
           always
           received
           from
           the
           beginning
           )
           
             a
             Gibberish
             ,
             
             of
             their
             own
             imposing
             ;
             a
             Cant
             ,
             wherein
             they
             forced
             others
             to
             follow
             them
             :
          
           and
           in
           plain
           terms
           represents
           those
           Fathers
           who
           were
           there
           assembled
           ,
           as
           a
           company
           of
           pitiful
           Dunces
           ;
           who
           gave
           sentence
           as
           their
           Chaplains
           directed
           them
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           
             that
             Mr.
             Marvell
          
           ,
           whom
           he
           and
           others
           so
           much
           praise
           ;
           but
           had
           he
           been
           of
           our
           side
           ,
           should
           have
           been
           condemned
           to
           the
           Pit
           of
           Hell.
           Consider
           I
           beseech
           you
           ;
           what
           dreadful
           out-cries
           should
           we
           have
           heard
           ;
           had
           any
           person
           among
           us
           said
           any
           thing
           like
           to
           this
           blasphemy
           ?
           This
           very
           Lewis
           would
           have
           called
           him
           ,
           
             that
             great
             Villain
          
           !
           or
           
             that
             great
             Devil
          
           ,
           or
           such
           names
           as
           I
           cannot
           invent
           .
           But
           out
           of
           sweet
           Mr.
           
           Marvell's
           mouth
           ,
           it
           is
           received
           without
           any
           indignation
           .
           He
           may
           be
           a
           Socinian
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           an
           Arian
           ,
           or
           perhaps
           believe
           Nothing
           ;
           and
           he
           has
           not
           a
           syllable
           to
           say
           to
           him
           .
           Nay
           ,
           he
           praises
           him
           ;
           and
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           some
           Heroe
           ,
           sets
           a
           mark
           of
           his
           very
           high
           esteem
           upon
           him
           .
           Mr.
           Marvell
           is
           not
           only
           
             a
             Great
             man
          
           ;
           but
           
             that
             Great
             man.
          
           
        
         
           For
           what
           I
           pray
           ?
           what
           is
           the
           cause
           of
           this
           strange
           difference
           ,
           that
           he
           can
           see
           no
           fault
           in
           him
           ,
           and
           nothing
           but
           faults
           in
           others
           ?
           But
           only
           this
           ,
           that
           Mr.
           Marvell
           is
           one
           of
           his
           own
           gang
           ;
           a
           man
           for
           his
           tooth
           ;
           a
           great
           giber
           and
           biter
           ;
           whose
           work
           it
           was
           to
           rail
           at
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           In
           such
           a
           great
           man
           as
           this
           ,
           how
           should
           he
           see
           any
           thing
           amiss
           ?
           This
           one
           new-found
           Vertue
           dazled
           his
           eyes
           ,
           and
           made
           him
           overlook
           all
           his
           Vices
           .
        
         
           Which
           is
           a
           further
           demonstration
           that
           the
           judgment
           which
           this
           
             Lewis
             du
             Moulin
          
           passes
           upon
           any
           person
           ,
           is
           not
           worth
           a
           straw
           ;
           nor
           deserves
           the
           least
           regard
           .
           For
           he
           judges
           of
           men
           ,
           as
           he
           loves
           or
           hates
           :
           and
           he
           loves
           and
           hates
           ,
           according
           as
           they
           agree
           with
           
           him
           ,
           or
           differ
           from
           him
           ,
           in
           some
           opinions
           .
           Of
           which
           he
           is
           so
           fond
           ,
           that
           he
           will
           magnifie
           the
           very
           worst
           of
           men
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           of
           his
           mind
           ;
           but
           vilifie
           the
           best
           (
           as
           we
           saw
           just
           now
           in
           the
           case
           of
           Amyraldus
           )
           if
           they
           be
           of
           another
           .
        
         
           And
           what
           a
           faculty
           he
           hath
           in
           this
           ,
           and
           how
           large
           
           a
           Conscience
           ,
           to
           take
           the
           liberty
           to
           say
           any
           thing
           against
           those
           ,
           with
           whom
           he
           is
           displeased
           ;
           will
           appear
           more
           fully
           in
           the
           remaining
           part
           of
           the
           Character
           ,
           which
           we
           find
           of
           him
           ,
           in
           
             M.
             Daillé
          
           .
           Who
           ,
           leaving
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           respect
           this
           Lewis
           had
           to
           his
           Father
           ,
           and
           looking
           into
           the
           Disputation
           it self
           ,
           (
           wherein
           he
           pretended
           to
           give
           a
           stab
           to
           M.
           D.'s
           cause
           )
           could
           find
           nothing
           in
           his
           Invective
           ,
           though
           he
           carefully
           examined
           it
           ,
           but
           
             a
             great
             heap
             of
             lies
             ,
             impostures
             ,
             calumnies
             ,
             and
             railings
             ;
             together
             with
             a
             little
             sprinkling
             of
             histories
             and
             fables
             .
          
           Which
           censure
           of
           M.
           Daillé's
           ,
           is
           the
           perfect
           and
           most
           exact
           Character
           ,
           of
           his
           late
           Invective
           against
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           And
           the
           fountain
           also
           from
           whence
           such
           filthy
           streams
           flow
           ,
           is
           the
           very
           same
           now
           that
           it
           was
           then
           ;
           viz.
           His
           
             Studium
             causae
          
           ,
           (
           to
           use
           M.
           D.'s
           words
           ,
           which
           I
           may
           render
           )
           his
           
             zeal
             for
             the
             cause
             ,
             in
             conjunction
             with
             the
             highest
             degree
             of
             rashness
             ;
             which
             suggested
             to
             him
             such
             abundance
             of
             lies
             and
             impostures
             ,
             that
             to
             the
             title
             of
             Professor
             of
             Histories
          
           (
           which
           then
           he
           had
           )
           
             might
             well
             be
             added
             ;
             and
             of
             Fables
             .
          
        
         
           Of
           the
           first
           of
           these
           ,
           
             his
             lying
             ,
             M.
             D.
          
           gives
           many
           
           instances
           ;
           and
           this
           among
           the
           rest
           ;
           that
           he
           confidently
           affirms
           
             M.
             D.
          
           had
           changed
           his
           opinion
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           was
           X.
           Years
           before
           (
           as
           if
           he
           knew
           his
           mind
           better
           than
           himself
           )
           and
           had
           rather
           be
           listed
           among
           the
           Arminians
           than
           keep
           his
           place
           among
           the
           Contra-Remonstrants
           :
           and
           that
           Amyraldus
           was
           a
           Patron
           
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ;
           With
           such
           like
           stuff
           .
           Which
           is
           just
           like
           to
           what
           he
           says
           now
           of
           Dr.
           Stillingfleet
           ;
           that
           
             He
             believes
             the
             Government
             without
             Bishops
             ,
             to
             be
             most
             conformable
             to
             the
             practice
             of
             the
             Apostles
             (
             p.
             54.
             )
             but
             since
             the
             Church
             has
             heaped
             upon
             him
             plurality
             of
             Great
             Benefices
             ,
             he
             would
             have
             us
             believe
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             has
             inspired
             into
             him
             other
             thoughts
             concerning
             the
             English
             Hierarchy
             ,
             p.
          
           60.
           
           Which
           is
           as
           true
           (
           and
           no
           truer
           )
           as
           that
           Amyraldus
           was
           become
           a
           Patron
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           :
           and
           is
           in
           part
           confuted
           by
           himself
           in
           the
           very
           next
           words
           ;
           where
           he
           quotes
           his
           Epistle
           before
           his
           Apology
           for
           
             Archbishop
             Laud
          
           ,
           for
           a
           proof
           of
           his
           change
           ;
           which
           was
           written
           (
           every
           body
           knows
           )
           when
           the
           Church
           had
           honoured
           him
           with
           none
           of
           her
           Preferments
           .
        
         
           
           Of
           the
           second
           also
           ,
           his
           Impostures
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           less
           number
           than
           of
           his
           lies
           :
           As
           when
           
             M.
             Daillé
          
           says
           that
           a
           few
           are
           of
           such
           or
           such
           an
           opinion
           ;
           he
           makes
           him
           to
           say
           there
           are
           None
           ,
           &c.
           
           But
           I
           shall
           not
           trouble
           the
           Reader
           with
           that
           matter
           ;
           nor
           give
           a
           large
           account
           of
           the
           
             third
             ,
             his
             Calumnies
          
           ,
           though
           he
           abound
           in
           them
           as
           much
           as
           any
           of
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           they
           grow
           up
           even
           to
           the
           height
           of
           
             impudence
             ,
             malignity
          
           and
           petulancy
           .
           It
           will
           be
           sufficient
           to
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           know
           the
           man
           (
           as
           
             M.
             D.
          
           speaks
           )
           that
           
             he
             branded
             ,
             insigni
             calumni●
             ,
             with
             a
             remarkable
             and
             notorious
             calumny
             ,
             all
             the
             Divines
             of
             their
             Churches
             ,
             who
             had
             lived
             in
             France
             for
             Twenty
             Years
             past
             ,
             or
             that
             then
             were
             alive
             ;
             both
             them
             that
             were
             of
             Amyraldus
             his
             opinion
             ,
             and
             them
             that
             were
             not
             .
             The
             one
             he
             condemned
             of
             Tyranny
             ,
             the
             other
             of
             idleness
             and
             sloth
             ;
             for
             suffering
             the
             Method
             of
             Amyraldus
             to
             reign
             among
             them
             .
          
           Which
           clearly
           shows
           that
           this
           
             Lewis
             du
             Moulin
          
           is
           as
           great
           an
           Enemy
           to
           the
           Divines
           of
           
           the
           French
           Church
           ,
           if
           they
           differ
           from
           him
           in
           the
           least
           Punctilio
           ;
           as
           he
           is
           to
           those
           of
           ours
           :
           and
           that
           he
           cannot
           speak
           with
           moderation
           ,
           of
           any
           thing
           he
           doth
           not
           like
           ;
           but
           presently
           it
           is
           Tyranny
           or
           Popery
           ,
           or
           some
           such
           dreadful
           Monster
           .
           He
           hath
           no
           mercy
           upon
           the
           dead
           neither
           (
           as
           
             M.
             D.
          
           there
           shows
           )
           but
           rails
           upon
           Blondell
           ,
           as
           a
           favourer
           of
           Arminianisme
           ;
           and
           upon
           that
           great
           Divine
           
             John
             Camero
          
           ;
           and
           spares
           not
           his
           own
           Uncle
           
             Andrew
             Rivet
          
           ;
           because
           in
           that
           Synod
           (
           which
           this
           Lewis
           stomachs
           ,
           because
           it
           did
           not
           throw
           Camero
           out
           of
           the
           Church
           )
           he
           was
           the
           Author
           of
           a
           gentler
           opinion
           ,
           than
           some
           would
           have
           followed
           .
           For
           he
           hates
           any
           thing
           that
           is
           gentle
           and
           soft
           ;
           and
           nothing
           less
           will
           serve
           him
           than
           
             proscriptions
             ,
             anathematismes
          
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           severe
           sentences
           upon
           all
           that
           is
           not
           agreeable
           to
           his
           Sentiments
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           fourth
           thing
           ,
           his
           
             evil
             speakings
             and
             railings
          
           ,
           
           
             M.
             D.
          
           tells
           us
           his
           whole
           Disputation
           abounds
           with
           them
           .
           To
           omit
           what
           he
           says
           against
           him
           ,
           I
           will
           only
           instance
           in
           what
           he
           says
           of
           Amyraldus
           .
           Whom
           he
           hath
           the
           impudence
           to
           call
           Ardelionem
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           
             a
             busie
             fellow
             ;
             a
             man
             of
             an
             unquiet
             mind
             ,
             that
             can
             fix
             no
             where
             .
          
           Never
           reflecting
           (
           so
           fiery
           is
           his
           brain
           )
           that
           this
           reproach
           ,
           as
           
             M.
             D.
          
           observes
           ,
           agrees
           far
           better
           to
           his
           own
           dear
           self
           ,
           who
           was
           
             a
             Divine
          
           ,
           forsooth
           ,
           
             a
             Physician
             ,
             an
             Historian
             ,
             and
             a
             Philosopher
             :
          
           whereas
           Amyraldus
           never
           medled
           with
           any
           thing
           but
           Divinity
           ;
           which
           was
           his
           profession
           .
        
         
           
             It
             would
             be
             endless
             to
             mention
             all
             that
             I
             have
          
           
           
             observed
             ,
             to
             justifie
             that
             part
             of
             the
             Character
             which
          
           M.
           D.
           
             before
             gave
             of
             him
             ;
             that
          
           he
           being
           a
           man
           whose
           mind
           is
           disturbed
           with
           causless
           hatred
           ,
           God
           is
           
           pleased
           in
           a
           secret
           manner
           to
           make
           him
           thus
           vertiginous
           ,
           or
           giddy-headed
           :
           
             And
             it
             would
             be
             too
             tedious
             to
             make
             good
             the
             rest
             of
             his
             description
             of
             him
             ,
             which
             is
             scattered
             here
             and
             there
             in
          
           M.
           D.
           
             's
             Preface
             ,
             where
             you
             may
             find
             him
             charged
             with
          
           absurdities
           ;
           ridiculousness
           ;
           cavilling
           ;
           speaking
           things
           which
           exceed
           the
           height
           of
           impudence
           ;
           (
           and
           ,
           than
           which
           nothing
           can
           be
           more
           scurrilous
           ,
           or
           more
           frantick
           )
           insana
           ,
           mad
           things
           ,
           proceeding
           rather
           from
           anger
           and
           rage
           ,
           than
           from
           any
           judgment
           .
           
             In
             short
             ,
             he
             says
             he
          
           is
           a
           trifler
           ;
           a
           man
           of
           little
           reason
           ;
           easily
           deceived
           with
           slight
           appearances
           of
           things
           which
           are
           not
           ;
           more
           confident
           than
           Plautus
           his
           Pyrgopolinices
           ,
           contemning
           not
           only
           those
           that
           he
           opposes
           ,
           but
           making
           little
           account
           of
           other
           Writers
           on
           his
           side
           in
           comparison
           with
           himself
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           hard
           sayings
           ,
           some
           will
           be
           apt
           to
           think
           :
           But
           from
           thence
           the
           sober
           Reader
           may
           be
           able
           to
           judge
           what
           kind
           of
           creature
           this
           Lewis
           is
           .
           Whom
           a
           person
           of
           such
           temper
           as
           
             M.
             Daillé
          
           ,
           who
           never
           gives
           a
           hard
           word
           to
           our
           greatest
           Adversaries
           ,
           but
           in
           all
           his
           other
           Writings
           (
           as
           Lewis
           himself
           confesses
           )
           had
           expressed
           a
           most
           candid
           spirit
           ,
           was
           forced
           to
           handle
           in
           this
           manner
           .
           Nothing
           but
           such
           a
           sharp
           and
           publick
           rebuke
           from
           so
           excellent
           and
           holy
           a
           Divine
           ,
           as
           
             M.
             D.
          
           was
           ,
           could
           do
           any
           good
           upon
           a
           man
           of
           such
           a
           cankered
           spirit
           .
           Who
           is
           not
           cured
           neither
           by
           this
           severe
           method
           ,
           but
           is
           rather
           grown
           more
           virulent
           ;
           and
           spits
           out
           his
           venom
           with
           greater
           spite
           than
           ever
           against
           this
           poor
           Church
           of
           England
           .
        
         
           
           For
           the
           haughty
           fierceness
           of
           this
           cholerick
           man
           ,
           and
           his
           resolution
           not
           to
           be
           convinced
           of
           any
           thing
           ,
           that
           is
           against
           his
           conceptions
           ,
           appears
           in
           this
           .
           
           That
           when
           
             M.
             Daillé
          
           had
           alledged
           an
           CXXIV
           .
           Witnesses
           from
           among
           the
           Fathers
           ,
           and
           from
           the
           Protestants
           LXV
           .
           and
           brought
           no
           fewer
           testimonies
           than
           
             Twelve
             Hundred
          
           ,
           for
           his
           opinion
           ;
           This
           Man
           ,
           with
           great
           gravity
           ,
           and
           no
           small
           charity
           ,
           blows
           them
           all
           away
           with
           one
           strong
           breath
           :
           Pronouncing
           that
           
             M.
             Daillé
          
           intended
           to
           cheat
           the
           unskilful
           ;
           and
           had
           either
           put
           these
           testimonies
           upon
           the
           rack
           ,
           or
           drawn
           them
           awry
           to
           another
           sense
           .
           And
           this
           he
           is
           pleased
           to
           say
           ,
           
             Pythagoras
             like
          
           ,
           without
           troubling
           himself
           to
           prove
           it
           .
           For
           out
           of
           that
           multitude
           of
           Testimonies
           ,
           he
           only
           singles
           out
           a
           place
           of
           Mr.
           Calvins
           ;
           which
           he
           ,
           falsly
           too
           ,
           pretends
           was
           not
           alledged
           intirely
           .
        
         
           What
           shall
           we
           do
           with
           such
           a
           man
           as
           this
           ?
           Or
           what
           regard
           is
           to
           be
           had
           to
           him
           ?
           who
           confidently
           ,
           and
           yet
           carelesly
           shoots
           his
           bolt
           ;
           and
           expects
           to
           be
           believed
           ,
           because
           he
           says
           it
           .
           And
           he
           says
           it
           in
           a
           passion
           ,
           or
           rather
           rage
           ;
           and
           out
           of
           virulency
           of
           spirit
           :
           which
           makes
           him
           think
           he
           sees
           things
           ,
           which
           are
           raised
           in
           his
           imagination
           meerly
           by
           his
           fury
           .
        
         
           And
           how
           little
           a
           thing
           will
           do
           it
           ,
           you
           may
           judg
           
           by
           this
           ;
           that
           all
           this
           ill
           usage
           of
           
             M.
             Daillé
          
           ,
           was
           only
           for
           maintaining
           that
           
             Christ
             dyed
             for
             all
             mankind
          
           ;
           and
           thereby
           put
           them
           into
           a
           possibility
           of
           salvation
           ,
           if
           they
           do
           not
           refuse
           the
           Grace
           of
           God.
           A
           Doctrin
           which
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           always
           asserted
           ,
           and
           is
           one
           of
           her
           Articles
           .
           And
           ,
           though
           this
           man
           would
           have
           the
           World
           believe
           the
           contrary
           ,
           yet
           Master
           Baxter
           hath
           plainly
           demonstrated
           against
           him
           ;
           that
           herein
           he
           either
           betrays
           his
           ignorance
           ,
           or
           too
           much
           confidence
           .
           You
           may
           read
           his
           censure
           of
           this
           matter
           in
           his
           Preface
           to
           
             Disputations
             about
             the
             Sacraments
          
           .
           
           Where
           (
           having
           taken
           notice
           that
           this
           Lewis
           had
           said
           ;
           Amyraldus
           his
           Method
           pleased
           no
           body
           in
           England
           ,
           but
           one
           single
           Baxter
           )
           he
           writes
           in
           these
           terms
           :
           
             I
             meet
             with
             so
             many
             of
             Amyraldus
             mind
             in
             the
             point
             of
             Universal
             Redemption
             ,
             that
             if
             I
             might
             judge
             of
             all
             the
             rest
             by
             those
             of
             my
             acquaintance
             ,
             I
             should
             conjecture
             that
             half
             the
             Divines
             in
             England
             are
             of
             that
             opinion
             .
          
           And
           then
           proceeds
           to
           show
           it
           is
           a
           thing
           famously
           known
           ,
           that
           this
           hath
           been
           maintained
           by
           
             writing
             ,
             disputing
          
           and
           preaching
           ,
           by
           as
           excellent
           Divines
           ,
           for
           learning
           ,
           judgment
           ,
           holiness
           ,
           and
           powerful
           preaching
           ,
           (
           as
           far
           as
           we
           can
           judge
           )
           as
           ever
           England
           bred
           :
           mentioning
           among
           others
           Archbishop
           Usher
           ,
           and
           the
           Divines
           sent
           to
           the
           Synod
           of
           Dort
           ,
           &c.
           and
           then
           concluding
           ,
           are
           not
           these
           more
           than
           
             unus
             Baxterus
          
           ?
        
         
           
           And
           now
           I
           mention
           Mr.
           Baxter
           ,
           I
           shall
           desire
           this
           may
           be
           seriously
           considered
           ,
           before
           I
           conclude
           ;
           that
           if
           
             Lewis
             du
             Moulin
          
           had
           that
           honest
           zeal
           in
           him
           to
           which
           he
           pretends
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           handled
           Mr.
           Baxter
           as
           smartly
           ,
           and
           complained
           of
           him
           as
           heavily
           ,
           as
           he
           doth
           of
           any
           men
           he
           hath
           accused
           for
           advancing
           towards
           Popery
           .
           For
           though
           he
           be
           not
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           yet
           no
           body
           is
           more
           guilty
           of
           what
           he
           objects
           to
           our
           Divines
           (
           if
           it
           be
           a
           crime
           )
           than
           Mr.
           Baxter
           ;
           in
           what
           he
           hath
           written
           about
           Faith
           ,
           and
           Justification
           and
           
             Christs
             imputed
             Righteousness
          
           :
           which
           he
           explains
           just
           as
           those
           men
           whom
           he
           reviles
           ;
           who
           have
           no
           other
           opinions
           about
           these
           things
           (
           I
           am
           well
           assured
           from
           my
           acquaintance
           with
           them
           )
           than
           what
           Mr.
           Baxter
           himself
           hath
           .
           Nor
           is
           there
           any
           man
           alive
           among
           us
           ,
           from
           whom
           
             Lewis
             du
             Moulin
          
           (
           unless
           he
           have
           changed
           his
           mind
           )
           differs
           more
           ,
           than
           he
           doth
           from
           Mr.
           Baxter
           .
           For
           He
           defended
           ,
           as
           
             M.
             Daillé
          
           observes
           ,
           this
           monstrous
           opinion
           against
           his
           own
           Brother
           ,
           
           
             Cyrus
             Molinaeus
          
           ,
           that
           
             we
             are
             not
             justified
             by
             Faith
             ,
             but
             justified
             before
             we
             have
             faith
             .
          
           Which
           Mr.
           Baxter
           I
           am
           certain
           accounts
           a
           portentous
           Doctrine
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           
             M.
             Daillé
          
           :
           and
           hath
           also
           said
           all
           that
           this
           Lewis
           condemns
           in
           the
           discourses
           of
           our
           Divines
           about
           faith
           ,
           in
           this
           short
           sentence
           ;
           
             It
             is
             all
             one
             in
             my
             account
             to
             believe
             in
             Christ
             ,
             and
             to
             become
             a
             Christian
             .
          
           And
           yet
           we
           hear
           not
           one
           word
           or
           syllable
           (
           such
           is
           this
           man's
           partiality
           )
           of
           Mr.
           
           Baxter's
           leading
           the
           way
           to
           Popery
           .
           No
           ,
           by
           no
           means
           ;
           He
           hath
           something
           of
           the
           Nonconformist
           in
           him
           ;
           and
           for
           that
           reason
           he
           spares
           him
           .
        
         
           But
           time
           was
           when
           such
           fiery
           spirits
           as
           
             L.
             du
             Moulin
          
           
           reviled
           Mr.
           Baxter
           ,
           just
           as
           he
           doth
           the
           Divines
           of
           our
           Church
           .
           They
           said
           he
           attributed
           too
           much
           to
           good
           works
           ;
           nay
           ,
           according
           to
           Mr.
           Eyre
           and
           Mr.
           Crandon
           ,
           the
           Papists
           give
           no
           more
           to
           Works
           than
           He
           ;
           who
           taught
           the
           People
           ,
           also
           they
           said
           ,
           to
           depend
           too
           much
           upon
           their
           Guides
           ;
           and
           in
           down-right
           terms
           ,
           He
           was
           called
           a
           Papist
           .
           And
           all
           ,
           because
           he
           left
           their
           way
           of
           speaking
           ,
           and
           endeavoured
           to
           make
           things
           plainer
           ,
           and
           state
           them
           more
           clearly
           :
           which
           is
           all
           the
           fault
           they
           can
           now
           find
           with
           those
           Persons
           ,
           whom
           
             L.
             du
             Moulin
          
           hath
           belied
           ,
           and
           grosly
           abused
           by
           his
           Impostures
           .
           They
           may
           ,
           if
           they
           think
           it
           worth
           their
           while
           ,
           bestow
           a
           particular
           Answer
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           show
           how
           he
           hath
           misrepresented
           them
           :
           But
           in
           my
           poor
           opinion
           they
           had
           better
           never
           trouble
           themselves
           with
           such
           a
           Reviler
           :
           whom
           no
           body
           will
           mind
           ,
           that
           will
           consider
           this
           description
           which
           
             M.
             Daillé
          
           hath
           given
           of
           him
           .
           Or
           it
           may
           be
           sufficient
           for
           any
           of
           them
           to
           say
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           rest
           (
           I
           beg
           their
           pardon
           ,
           if
           they
           think
           I
           take
           too
           much
           upon
           me
           in
           directing
           them
           what
           to
           do
           )
           as
           
             Mr.
             Baxter
          
           doth
           to
           those
           ,
           who
           would
           
           have
           had
           him
           made
           a
           particular
           reply
           to
           
             Mr.
             Crandons
          
           Book
           ;
           
             God
             hath
             given
             me
             my
             hours
             for
             better
             and
             more
             useful
             works
             .
             And
             if
             any
             object
             that
             the
             ignorance
             of
             common
             people
             is
             such
          
           ;
           
           
             that
             confidence
             ,
             and
             railing
             ,
             and
             slanders
             will
             take
             with
             them
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             were
             valid
             Arguments
             ,
             and
             therefore
             have
             need
             of
             as
             diligent
             confutation
             ;
             I
             answer
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             in
             my
             power
             to
             cure
             the
             ignorance
             of
             such
             people
             ,
             nor
             the
             slanderous
             Tongues
             or
             Pens
             of
             such
             Writers
             .
             And
             if
             I
             must
             write
             as
             long
             as
             slanderous
             tongues
             will
             make
             me
             work
             ,
             or
             ignorant
             men
             need
             it
             ,
             then
             I
             shall
             have
             work
             enough
             to
             do
             ,
             and
             my
             labours
             be
             at
             the
             command
             of
             every
             man's
             Vices
             .
          
           If
           any
           object
           farther
           ,
           that
           our
           Divines
           are
           bound
           to
           vindicate
           their
           Reputation
           ,
           I
           may
           Answer
           for
           them
           ,
           as
           
             Mr.
             Baxter
          
           doth
           there
           ,
           (
           in
           his
           Confession
           of
           Faith
           ,
           p.
           7
           ,
           8.
           )
           
             that
             God
             hath
             suffered
             the
             Calumniator
             to
             play
             his
             part
             so
             grosly
             ,
             &c.
             that
             I
             think
             such
             a
             tongue
             is
             not
             much
             capable
             to
             diminish
             a
             man's
             reputation
             ;
             nor
             is
             it
             any
             way
             needful
             to
             vindicate
             it
             from
             such
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Yet
             if
             you
             please
             take
          
           Mr.
           Baxter
           
             's
             judgment
             also
             of
             this
             man
             ,
             whereby
             you
             may
             see
             what
             kind
             of
             understanding
             he
             hath
             ,
             and
             how
             fully
             I
             have
             vindicated
             their
             reputation
             .
             You
             may
             find
             it
             in
             his
             Preface
             to
             the
             Disputations
             about
             the
             Sacraments
             (
             Printed
             the
             same
             Year
             with
          
           M.
           Daillé
           
             's
             Book
             forementioned
             )
             where
             he
             censures
             that
             Book
             ,
             in
             the
             Preface
             to
             which
             he
             used
          
           M.
           Daillé
           
             so
             coursly
          
           .
           A
           Book
           ,
           says
           Mr.
           Baxter
           ,
           that
           hath
           much
           learning
           ,
           and
           more
           truth
           than
           is
           fairly
           used
           ;
           the
           face
           of
           it
           being
           writhen
           to
           frown
           upon
           them
           that
           own
           it
           ;
           and
           parties
           wronged
           ,
           where
           truth
           is
           defended
           ;
           though
           ,
           through
           the
           unhappiness
           of
           the
           distinctions
           ,
           oft
           clouded
           when
           it
           seems
           to
           be
           explicated
           ;
           and
           through
           —
           I
           know
           not
           what
           ,
           the
           controversie
           
           seldom
           truly
           stated
           .
           
             In
             short
             ,
             he
             says
             ,
             it
             is
             an
             ungrateful
             task
             to
             answer
             a
             Writing
             ,
          
           Whose
           error
           is
           a
           multiplication
           of
           PALPABLE
           UNTRUTHS
           IN
           MATTER
           OF
           FACT
           :
           
           
             But
             he
             lays
             no
             less
             than
             XX.
             Considerations
             in
             his
             way
             ,
             where
             his
             Conscience
             ,
             he
             tells
             him
             ,
             may
             find
             them
             .
             At
             the
             end
             of
             which
             He
             cries
             out
             ,
             (
             mark
             it
             I
             beseech
             you
             )
             This
             is
             the
          
           faithfulness
           of
           the
           World
           !
           it
           shames
           and
           grieves
           me
           to
           say
           ,
           of
           fiding
           Divines
           ;
           and
           as
           much
           almost
           to
           say
           ,
           of
           a
           PUBLICK
           PROFESSOR
           OF
           HISTORY
           IN
           OXFORD
           :
           For
           the
           principal
           honour
           of
           an
           Historian
           ,
           is
           his
           Veracity
           ,
           and
           impartial
           fidelity
           ;
           and
           how
           much
           of
           that
           his
           Preface
           to
           the
           Paraenesis
           is
           guilty
           of
           ,
           I
           leave
           to
           consideration
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           This
           is
           Mr.
           Baxter's
           judgment
           of
           the
           understanding
           ,
           
           and
           sincerity
           of
           
             Lewis
             du
             Moulin
          
           :
           who
           ought
           to
           submit
           unto
           it
           ,
           and
           confess
           himself
           unqualified
           to
           be
           a
           Writer
           ;
           For
           (
           if
           he
           speak
           his
           true
           mind
           in
           his
           late
           Book
           ,
           p.
           64.
           )
           he
           thinks
           Mr.
           Baxter
           
             to
             be
             one
             of
             the
             sincerest
             persons
             in
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             disengaged
             and
             free
             in
             his
             judgment
             .
          
           To
           which
           ,
           would
           to
           God
           our
           dissenting
           Brethren
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           trust
           ,
           and
           to
           rely
           upon
           Mr.
           Baxter's
           judgment
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           give
           much
           credit
           to
           the
           reasonings
           or
           reports
           of
           a
           man
           ,
           who
           hath
           such
           a
           flaw
           in
           his
           understanding
           ,
           and
           such
           partiality
           in
           his
           affections
           ;
           as
           make
           the
           one
           very
           weak
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           very
           false
           .
           As
           it
           will
           be
           very
           easie
           to
           demonstrate
           ,
           if
           they
           shall
           still
           think
           him
           so
           considerable
           ,
           as
           to
           expect
           a
           particular
           discovery
           of
           all
           the
           
             falsities
             ,
             impostures
          
           and
           calumnies
           ,
           wherewith
           his
           late
           Book
           abounds
           ,
           and
           hath
           grosly
           abused
           both
           the
           dead
           and
           the
           living
           .
           I
           will
           now
           forbear
           the
           instances
           ,
           because
           I
           had
           rather
           employ
           my
           time
           otherwise
           ;
           and
           
           would
           gladly
           hope
           they
           will
           so
           seriously
           weigh
           ,
           what
           opinion
           
             Mr.
             Baxter
          
           ,
           and
           
             M.
             Daillé
          
           (
           who
           was
           no
           less
           sincere
           ,
           and
           free
           ,
           and
           disinteressed
           in
           his
           judgment
           )
           have
           of
           this
           troublesome
           man's
           ability
           and
           honesty
           ;
           as
           to
           consider
           how
           little
           credit
           is
           to
           be
           given
           to
           what
           he
           hath
           written
           ,
           in
           his
           
             most
             false
             Account
             of
             our
             Advances
             toward
             Rome
             .
          
           Where
           ,
           for
           example
           ,
           he
           affirms
           in
           his
           furious
           rage
           and
           passion
           ,
           (
           1.
           )
           
             that
             the
             Prelates
             in
             their
             proceedings
             have
             exceeded
             the
             barbarousness
             of
             the
             Heathens
             in
             the
             persecution
             of
             the
             Christians
             ,
             p.
          
           27.
           
           And
           (
           2
           
             dly
             )
             that
             there
             are
             some
             excellent
             Protestants
             who
             see
             as
             much
             reason
             to
             abhor
             the
             ways
             of
             the
             Church
             of
             England
             ,
             as
             those
             of
             Rome
             ,
             p.
          
           28.
           
           And
           ,
           3
           dly
           ,
           (
           to
           name
           no
           more
           of
           his
           mad
           ,
           frantick
           sayings
           )
           
             that
             the
             best
             interpretation
             can
             be
             made
             of
             the
             present
             zeal
             of
             the
             Prelatical
             party
             against
             the
             Papists
             ,
             is
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             awakened
             by
             the
             love
             they
             have
             to
             their
             Benefices
          
           ;
           which
           they
           hoped
           the
           Papists
           being
           their
           kind
           Friends
           ,
           would
           have
           suffered
           them
           to
           have
           kept
           ,
           but
           now
           see
           they
           meant
           to
           have
           all
           ,
           p.
           46
           ,
           47.
           
           What
           is
           all
           this
           but
           lewd
           and
           ignorant
           ,
           if
           not
           malicious
           railing
           ?
           It
           being
           apparent
           (
           to
           speak
           one
           word
           of
           the
           last
           )
           that
           many
           Years
           before
           the
           late
           Popish
           Plot
           was
           discovered
           ,
           the
           Prelatical
           party
           ,
           as
           he
           calls
           them
           ,
           were
           not
           only
           awake
           ,
           but
           honestly
           gave
           the
           Nation
           warning
           of
           their
           danger
           ;
           and
           were
           the
           only
           men
           that
           did
           it
           ;
           for
           the
           Non-conformists
           were
           either
           then
           asleep
           ,
           or
           so
           silent
           ,
           that
           we
           could
           hear
           nothing
           of
           their
           fears
           of
           Popery
           ;
           but
           they
           lay
           still
           ,
           
           fondly
           hugging
           the
           Indulgence
           that
           was
           given
           them
           .
           This
           is
           known
           to
           all
           those
           ,
           that
           have
           observed
           any
           thing
           of
           the
           Passages
           of
           late
           Years
           :
           and
           may
           satisfie
           all
           those
           ,
           who
           have
           any
           list
           to
           be
           rightly
           informed
           ,
           how
           little
           conscience
           this
           man
           makes
           of
           what
           he
           says
           .
        
         
         
           And
           therefore
           as
           they
           ought
           not
           to
           mind
           what
           he
           
           hath
           written
           ;
           so
           it
           would
           be
           well
           if
           they
           would
           consider
           how
           little
           good
           ,
           or
           rather
           how
           much
           hurt
           they
           are
           like
           to
           get
           by
           what
           he
           intends
           to
           write
           .
           I
           mean
           his
           
             Ecclesiastical
             History
          
           (
           which
           he
           tells
           us
           he
           designs
           )
           composed
           by
           a
           man
           ,
           who
           ,
           in
           Mr.
           Baxter's
           opinion
           ,
           wants
           the
           principal
           quality
           of
           an
           Historian
           ,
           
             veracity
             and
             impartial
             fidelity
          
           ,
           of
           which
           he
           says
           he
           is
           not
           much
           guilty
           :
           
             His
             error
             in
             writing
             being
          
           (
           when
           he
           had
           to
           do
           with
           him
           ,
           and
           then
           he
           was
           publick
           Professor
           of
           History
           at
           
             Oxford
             )
             a
             multiplication
             of
             palpable
             untruths
             in
             matters
             of
             fact
             .
          
           A
           foul
           error
           indeed
           ;
           which
           made
           
             Mr.
             Baxter
          
           ashamed
           ,
           and
           grieved
           his
           heart
           ,
           as
           it
           ought
           to
           do
           all
           other
           good
           men
           ,
           to
           think
           there
           is
           no
           more
           honesty
           ,
           among
           men
           that
           pretend
           Conscience
           :
           so
           much
           partiality
           in
           siding
           Divines
           ;
           and
           so
           little
           faithfulness
           in
           a
           publick
           Professor
           of
           History
           .
        
         
           O
           that
           all
           those
           who
           now
           greedily
           entertain
           his
           Books
           ,
           would
           lay
           it
           to
           heart
           !
           and
           see
           how
           they
           suffer
           themselves
           to
           be
           misled
           ;
           and
           what
           kind
           of
           men
           they
           are
           ,
           who
           labour
           might
           and
           main
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           breach
           wider
           between
           us
           ,
           than
           really
           it
           is
           .
           Let
           them
           open
           their
           eyes
           and
           behold
           ,
           what
           such
           violent
           spirits
           are
           a
           doing
           :
           disgracing
           the
           best
           men
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           making
           the
           World
           believe
           they
           are
           marching
           towards
           Popery
           ;
           when
           they
           are
           ready
           ,
           I
           am
           confident
           ,
           to
           lay
           down
           their
           lives
           rather
           than
           submit
           to
           it
           ,
           or
           move
           one
           step
           towards
           it
           ;
           though
           they
           might
           thereby
           not
           only
           keep
           all
           their
           dignities
           ,
           but
           have
           the
           addition
           of
           all
           that
           the
           Papacy
           is
           able
           to
           heap
           upon
           them
           .
           Why
           are
           you
           so
           injurious
           to
           such
           men
           ?
           who
           are
           not
           angry
           with
           you
           ,
           because
           you
           dissent
           from
           them
           ;
           if
           you
           did
           not
           withall
           rail
           upon
           them
           ;
           or
           love
           ,
           and
           cherish
           those
           that
           do
           .
           This
           shows
           you
           would
           destroy
           them
           ,
           and
           
           pull
           our
           Church
           in
           pieces
           .
           Men
           of
           this
           spirit
           are
           not
           content
           ,
           meerly
           not
           to
           be
           of
           it
           ;
           but
           they
           would
           have
           it
           not
           to
           be
           .
           Else
           we
           might
           all
           joyn
           together
           against
           the
           Common
           Enemy
           ;
           though
           we
           cannot
           in
           all
           things
           agree
           one
           with
           another
           .
           But
           as
           long
           as
           they
           take
           this
           course
           ,
           they
           become
           also
           an
           Enemy
           ,
           of
           another
           sort
           :
           and
           cannot
           justly
           blame
           those
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           who
           ,
           they
           complain
           ,
           cry
           out
           against
           them
           and
           remember
           them
           of
           old
           things
           ;
           when
           they
           should
           ,
           in
           their
           opinion
           ,
           only
           preach
           against
           the
           Papists
           .
           Why
           do
           they
           tempt
           them
           to
           it
           ,
           by
           their
           out-cries
           against
           the
           Church
           ;
           and
           by
           pouring
           forth
           such
           scurrilous
           language
           in
           their
           Pamphlets
           ?
        
         
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           hope
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           Body
           of
           Non-conformists
           ,
           do
           not
           desire
           to
           destroy
           this
           Church
           .
           But
           they
           that
           rave
           so
           furiously
           against
           it
           ,
           give
           too
           much
           ground
           to
           men
           to
           believe
           otherways
           :
           the
           rest
           not
           contradicting
           them
           ,
           nor
           endeavouring
           to
           bring
           them
           to
           moderation
           .
           Which
           is
           a
           work
           now
           very
           seasonable
           for
           them
           (
           and
           which
           they
           are
           always
           calling
           for
           from
           our
           men
           )
           if
           they
           would
           indeed
           secure
           this
           Church
           ;
           and
           perswade
           the
           members
           of
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           desire
           not
           to
           subvert
           or
           unsettle
           it
           .
           Let
           them
           openly
           declare
           ,
           that
           they
           look
           upon
           this
           
             Lewis
             du
             Moulin
          
           ,
           as
           no
           better
           than
           
             M.
             Daillé
          
           and
           
             Mr.
             Baxter
          
           have
           described
           him
           :
           one
           ,
           whose
           reports
           they
           do
           not
           trust
           ;
           a
           vain
           Writer
           and
           malicious
           ,
           if
           not
           mad
           and
           distracted
           .
           Who
           endeavours
           to
           infuse
           ungrounded
           jealousies
           into
           your
           minds
           of
           the
           Divines
           of
           our
           Church
           :
           many
           of
           which
           he
           would
           perswade
           you
           have
           for
           these
           Hundred
           Years
           been
           moving
           towards
           Popery
           :
           at
           least
           since
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Reign
           of
           King
           James
           ,
           have
           been
           daily
           making
           nearer
           advances
           to
           it
           .
           And
           yet
           ,
           when
           by
           such
           wicked
           suggestions
           ,
           this
           Church
           was
           pulled
           
           down
           ,
           how
           few
           of
           them
           were
           there
           found
           ,
           that
           revolted
           unto
           Popery
           ?
           How
           can
           these
           things
           consist
           together
           ;
           that
           men
           should
           be
           making
           their
           advances
           nearer
           and
           nearer
           to
           Rome
           ,
           and
           not
           then
           close
           with
           it
           ?
           Why
           did
           not
           the
           corrupt
           party
           (
           as
           he
           terms
           it
           )
           then
           follow
           their
           inclinations
           ,
           if
           they
           had
           any
           that
           way
           ,
           when
           there
           was
           so
           great
           a
           temptation
           ?
           All
           their
           maintenance
           being
           then
           taken
           away
           ;
           and
           little
           hope
           left
           of
           seeing
           it
           restored
           ?
        
         
           This
           ,
           one
           would
           think
           ,
           should
           open
           your
           eyes
           ,
           to
           
           see
           how
           you
           have
           been
           cheated
           by
           evil
           minded
           men
           :
           And
           make
           you
           more
           careful
           ,
           how
           you
           involve
           your selves
           in
           a
           new
           guilt
           of
           the
           same
           kind
           ;
           by
           joyning
           with
           those
           among
           you
           ,
           who
           would
           once
           more
           destroy
           this
           Church
           ,
           which
           hath
           been
           so
           miraculously
           restored
           :
           and
           had
           not
           been
           in
           such
           danger
           ,
           as
           now
           it
           is
           ,
           if
           it
           had
           not
           been
           for
           the
           miserable
           havock
           and
           confusion
           ,
           which
           you
           made
           by
           the
           last
           War.
           For
           which
           ,
           I
           doubt
           ,
           you
           have
           not
           shed
           any
           tears
           ;
           nor
           (
           to
           use
           this
           man
           's
           own
           words
           ,
           p.
           4.
           )
           are
           touched
           as
           you
           ought
           to
           be
           :
           though
           he
           would
           have
           us
           believe
           
             (
             p.
          
           42.
           )
           
             your
             life
             is
             a
             continual
             practice
             of
             repentance
             .
          
           For
           then
           ,
           he
           that
           says
           this
           ,
           would
           not
           have
           had
           the
           confidence
           to
           affirm
           ,
           almost
           in
           the
           same
           breath
           ,
           
             (
             p.
          
           41.
           )
           that
           they
           who
           are
           distinguisht
           from
           us
           ,
           by
           the
           Names
           of
           Puritans
           ,
           Presbyterians
           ,
           Independents
           ,
           Fanaticks
           ,
           &c.
           
             are
             the
             best
             Christians
             ,
             the
             best
             Protestants
             ,
             the
             best
             Englishmen
             ,
             the
             most
             loyal
             subjects
             ,
             the
             greatest
             pillars
             ,
             burtresses
             and
             supporters
             of
             Monarchy
             ,
          
           &c.
           and
           that
           the
           Party
           which
           comes
           nearest
           to
           the
           doctrine
           and
           practice
           of
           the
           Calvinists
           and
           Puritans
           ,
           
             have
             above
             all
             others
          
           (
           mark
           I
           beseech
           you
           the
           audacious
           vanity
           of
           the
           man
           )
           
             observed
             the
             command
             of
             the
             Apostle
             to
             the
             Romans
             ,
          
           Cap.
           xiii
           .
           
           
             Let
             every
             soul
             be
             subject
             to
             the
             higher
             powers
             .
          
           If
           this
           be
           to
           repent
           ;
           I
           know
           not
           what
           it
           is
           to
           justifie
           your selves
           ,
           with
           the
           highest
           degree
           of
           impudence
           .
           Pardon
           the
           expression
           ;
           for
           I
           intend
           it
           only
           to
           such
           men
           as
           
             Lewis
             du
             Moulin
          
           ;
           who
           if
           he
           had
           truly
           repented
           ,
           would
           in
           stead
           of
           writing
           such
           a
           Book
           as
           this
           ,
           have
           made
           an
           honest
           acknowledgment
           in
           Print
           ,
           that
           
             you
             are
             the
             true
             cause
             of
             all
             our
             present
             evils
             .
          
           
           Some
           of
           you
           more
           remotely
           ;
           others
           more
           immediately
           .
           For
           the
           late
           War
           was
           raised
           (
           not
           in
           obedience
           sure
           to
           Romans
           xiii
           .
           1.
           
           
             Let
             every
             soul
             ,
             &c.
          
           )
           the
           Bishops
           pull'd
           down
           ,
           the
           Liturgy
           exploded
           by
           the
           very
           best
           of
           you
           .
           And
           then
           ,
           the
           worser
           sort
           of
           you
           plotted
           the
           death
           of
           the
           King
           :
           upon
           which
           followed
           ,
           the
           banishment
           of
           the
           Royal
           Family
           into
           a
           strange
           Land
           :
           Where
           ,
           if
           one
           of
           them
           changed
           his
           Religion
           ;
           I
           pray
           consider
           to
           whom
           that
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           mischievous
           consequences
           of
           it
           ,
           ought
           originally
           to
           be
           imputed
           .
        
         
           
           I
           would
           prosecute
           this
           a
           little
           further
           ;
           if
           I
           did
           not
           think
           it
           better
           to
           leave
           you
           to
           follow
           it
           your selves
           ,
           and
           press
           it
           home
           ,
           in
           your
           own
           consciences
           :
           which
           you
           may
           do
           without
           being
           angry
           at
           any
           body
           ,
           but
           your selves
           .
           Whereas
           ,
           should
           I
           attempt
           it
           ,
           perhaps
           you
           would
           be
           as
           much
           inraged
           at
           me
           ,
           as
           you
           were
           at
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           
             Friendly
             Debate
          
           .
           Whom
           you
           ought
           to
           have
           heartily
           thankt
           (
           though
           now
           you
           will
           scarce
           forgive
           him
           )
           for
           his
           plain
           dealing
           ;
           in
           calling
           to
           your
           mind
           all
           that
           folly
           and
           madness
           (
           to
           omit
           other
           things
           )
           into
           which
           your
           People
           ran
           ,
           when
           you
           had
           overturn'd
           the
           best
           constituted
           Church
           in
           the
           World.
           You
           should
           have
           all
           taken
           shame
           to
           your selves
           for
           it
           ;
           and
           then
           you
           would
           not
           have
           called
           his
           bare
           relating
           these
           things
           ,
           a
           reproachful
           usage
           of
           you
           :
           
           Nor
           would
           
             Lewis
             du
             Moulin
          
           have
           again
           blown
           the
           same
           coal
           ,
           which
           raised
           before
           such
           a
           terrible
           combustion
           ;
           viz.
           about
           the
           inclination
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           to
           Popery
           .
        
         
           Which
           is
           a
           calumny
           devised
           meerly
           to
           kindle
           the
           Peoples
           wrath
           against
           us
           :
           for
           if
           the
           reasons
           he
           gives
           for
           it
           were
           worth
           any
           thing
           ,
           they
           as
           nearly
           touch
           ,
           I
           have
           shown
           already
           ,
           the
           best
           men
           among
           the
           Nonconformists
           ,
           as
           any
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           Mr.
           Baxter
           ,
           for
           instance
           ,
           who
           in
           the
           main
           point
           of
           Faith
           and
           Justification
           ,
           is
           of
           the
           same
           mind
           with
           those
           whom
           this
           Railer
           accuses
           :
           as
           he
           might
           have
           been
           informed
           ,
           even
           from
           the
           
             Friendly
             Debate
          
           ;
           if
           he
           had
           read
           it
           for
           any
           other
           end
           ,
           than
           to
           bark
           at
           it
           .
           Let
           him
           read
           again
           ,
           p.
           83
           ,
           &c.
           especially
           p.
           89.
           of
           the
           
             third
             part
          
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           be
           convinced
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           not
           one
           of
           those
           who
           have
           eyes
           to
           see
           ,
           and
           see
           not
           ;
           that
           
             Mr.
             Baxter
          
           hath
           been
           as
           much
           to
           blame
           ,
           as
           any
           body
           ;
           if
           there
           be
           any
           fault
           to
           be
           found
           about
           such
           matters
           .
           And
           for
           his
           clearer
           conviction
           I
           will
           point
           him
           to
           another
           passage
           in
           the
           Book
           there
           quoted
           ,
           
             (
             Disput
             .
             of
             Justification
             ,
             p.
          
           94.
           )
           like
           to
           which
           he
           will
           not
           easily
           find
           in
           the
           men
           whom
           he
           hath
           exposed
           to
           the
           Peoples
           hatred
           .
           
             I
             have
             heard
          
           ,
           says
           
             Mr.
             Baxter
             ,
             as
             eminent
             Divines
             as
             most
             I
             know
             (
             some
             yet
             living
             )
             in
             a
             publick
             Meeting
             say
             ,
          
           
           
             that
             Bishop
          
           Usher
           ,
           
             and
             Mr.
          
           Gataker
           
             affirmed
             ,
             that
             the
             Papists
             did
             not
             fundamentally
             differ
             from
             us
             ,
             in
             the
             point
             of
             Justification
             .
          
        
         
           By
           this
           he
           may
           know
           something
           of
           Mr.
           Baxter's
           mind
           ,
           and
           other
           eminent
           Divines
           of
           his
           acquaintance
           ;
           and
           therefore
           either
           leave
           his
           bawling
           ,
           or
           in
           his
           next
           Book
           open
           his
           Mouth
           wider
           (
           as
           there
           is
           reason
           )
           and
           tell
           the
           World
           ,
           with
           tears
           running
           down
           his
           cheeks
           ,
           that
           alas
           !
           alas
           !
           there
           is
           a
           corrupt
           ,
           rotten
           party
           among
           
           the
           Nonconformists
           too
           :
           who
           are
           as
           bad
           as
           those
           among
           the
           Episcopal
           Clergy
           .
           For
           every
           body
           knows
           
             Mr.
             Baxter
          
           is
           a
           leading
           man
           ,
           and
           hath
           a
           great
           many
           Followers
           ;
           and
           there
           are
           other
           eminent
           Divines
           also
           of
           his
           mind
           :
           who
           must
           all
           now
           be
           proclaimed
           ,
           by
           this
           great
           and
           careful
           Defender
           of
           pure
           Religion
           ,
           to
           be
           in
           the
           number
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           endeavour
           to
           bring
           in
           Popery
           ,
           
             at
             least
             a
             Mungrel
             one
          
           (
           as
           he
           speaks
           ,
           p.
           41.
           )
           
             that
             comes
             pretty
             near
             to
             the
             true
             Popery
             .
          
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           such
           is
           the
           fiery
           nature
           of
           his
           spirit
           ,
           that
           if
           his
           mighty
           love
           to
           Nonconformists
           do
           not
           allay
           it
           ,
           he
           will
           scarce
           oblige
           
             Mr.
             Baxter
          
           so
           much
           ,
           as
           to
           injure
           him
           with
           moderation
           and
           modesty
           (
           which
           as
           the
           World
           goes
           ,
           Mr.
           B.
           there
           tells
           us
           ,
           he
           must
           take
           for
           a
           favour
           )
           I
           mean
           ,
           acquit
           him
           from
           the
           charge
           of
           gross
           Popery
           .
           Though
           I
           will
           tell
           him
           before-hand
           ,
           how
           little
           he
           will
           care
           for
           his
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           mens
           censures
           of
           this
           kind
           ,
           (
           and
           therefore
           ,
           why
           should
           our
           Divines
           value
           them
           ?
           )
           for
           he
           may
           read
           ,
           if
           he
           please
           ,
           in
           the
           next
           Page
           these
           memorable
           words
           ;
           and
           I
           suppose
           he
           is
           still
           of
           the
           same
           mind
           .
           
             Since
             I
             have
             heard
             of
             late
             times
             ,
          
           
           
             what
             it
             is
             that
             goes
             under
             the
             name
             of
             Antichristianity
             and
             Popery
             ,
             even
             with
             many
             that
             are
             able
             to
             call
             themselves
             Orthodox
             ,
             &c.
             
             I
             confess
             I
             begin
             to
             have
             charitable
             thoughts
             of
             a
             man
             that
             is
             but
             freed
             from
             the
             charge
             of
             gross
             Popery
             ;
             and
             if
             those
             tongues
             should
             free
             him
             also
             from
             the
             imputation
             of
             all
             the
             finer
             Popery
             ,
             I
             should
             begin
             to
             suspect
             that
             somewhat
             is
             amiss
             .
          
           And
           he
           may
           find
           ,
           if
           he
           think
           good
           ,
           an
           answer
           there
           ,
           in
           what
           immediately
           follows
           ,
           to
           all
           that
           he
           says
           about
           Socinianisme
           :
           which
           was
           laid
           at
           Mr.
           Baxter's
           door
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           fine
           pass
           had
           your
           folly
           brought
           things
           in
           the
           late
           times
           .
           And
           will
           you
           never
           see
           your
           errors
           ?
           
           or
           not
           ingenuously
           acknowledge
           them
           ?
           will
           you
           still
           go
           on
           to
           lay
           load
           upon
           the
           men
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           to
           say
           that
           they
           have
           undone
           us
           ;
           when
           it
           is
           so
           apparent
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           you
           now
           complain
           of
           ,
           but
           you
           were
           the
           first
           causes
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           have
           brought
           it
           upon
           your selves
           ,
           and
           us
           ?
        
         
           Be
           not
           angry
           ,
           I
           pray
           ,
           at
           this
           plain
           English
           ;
           but
           repent
           ,
           
           and
           behave
           your selves
           so
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           be
           convinced
           ,
           you
           mean
           not
           again
           to
           imbroil
           us
           ;
           and
           then
           you
           shall
           never
           ,
           by
           my
           consent
           ,
           hear
           a
           word
           more
           of
           these
           matters
           ;
           nor
           be
           troubled
           with
           the
           name
           of
           
             Lewis
             du
             Moulin
          
           ,
           though
           he
           should
           remain
           still
           impenitent
           .
           We
           will
           let
           him
           rail
           ,
           and
           vomit
           up
           all
           the
           gall
           of
           bitterness
           that
           is
           in
           his
           heart
           ;
           without
           any
           contradiction
           .
           He
           shall
           have
           full
           liberty
           to
           vie
           with
           the
           Devil
           himself
           in
           his
           calumnies
           ;
           and
           we
           will
           leave
           him
           only
           to
           answer
           to
           God
           for
           it
           .
           As
           he
           must
           shortly
           ,
           for
           this
           foul-mouth'd
           slander
           (
           than
           which
           it
           is
           hard
           for
           Hell
           to
           invent
           one
           more
           false
           )
           that
           it
           will
           appear
           by
           a
           Cloud
           of
           Witnesses
           fetched
           from
           our
           English
           Doctors
           ,
           &c.
           that
           they
           have
           got
           into
           the
           Tents
           of
           Pelagius
           and
           
             Socinus
             ,
             made
             a
             meer
             mockery
             and
             illufion
             of
             the
             holy
             Trinity
          
           (
           which
           Heaven
           knows
           ,
           they
           to
           a
           man
           confess
           and
           adore
           )
           
             turned
             into
             raillery
             the
             sacred
             Mysteries
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             and
             do
             laugh
             at
             the
             imputative
             righteousness
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             at
             Justification
             by
             Faith
             ;
             and
             have
             preached
             that
             Heathens
             may
             do
             good
             works
             ,
             as
             meritorious
             and
             well
             pleasing
             to
             God
             ,
             without
             the
             grace
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             &c.
             as
             the
             Alms
             and
             prayers
             of
             a
             devout
             Cornelius
             ,
             p.
          
           85.
           
           Which
           are
           accusations
           that
           have
           not
           one
           word
           of
           Truth
           in
           them
           ;
           but
           were
           suggested
           to
           him
           by
           his
           own
           inraged
           imagination
           ,
           which
           
             most
             unjust
             hatred
             to
             us
          
           (
           to
           use
           
             M.
             
             D.
          
           's
           words
           again
           )
           
             hath
             disturbed
          
           ;
           or
           by
           his
           
             unconscionable
             jealousies
          
           ,
           (
           to
           speak
           in
           Mr.
           Baxter's
           phrase
           )
           which
           will
           not
           let
           him
           understand
           aright
           .
           For
           I
           am
           as
           sure
           there
           are
           no
           such
           Divines
           ,
           not
           one
           ;
           much
           less
           a
           Cloud
           of
           Witnesses
           to
           these
           things
           ;
           as
           I
           am
           that
           Amyraldus
           was
           no
           Patron
           of
           the
           Jesuits
           ;
           
             M.
             Daillé
          
           no
           Arminian
           ;
           Mr.
           Baxter
           no
           Papist
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           are
           not
           persecuted
           ,
           who
           are
           suffered
           to
           write
           even
           such
           Books
           as
           this
           without
           any
           punishment
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           will
           leave
           those
           Divines
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           ,
           to
           purge
           themselves
           ,
           if
           they
           think
           fit
           ;
           or
           turn
           him
           over
           to
           the
           Author
           of
           the
           
             Friendly
             Debate
          
           :
           who
           can
           ,
           I
           fancy
           ,
           if
           he
           will
           attempt
           it
           ,
           make
           this
           Lewis
           repent
           at
           least
           of
           this
           ;
           that
           he
           hath
           mentioned
           his
           Book
           with
           such
           reproach
           :
           When
           it
           is
           visible
           ,
           in
           my
           poor
           opinion
           ,
           it
           is
           nothing
           so
           sharp
           and
           severe
           upon
           the
           
             N.
             C.
          
           as
           
             M.
             Daillé
          
           is
           upon
           their
           Champion
           
             L.
             du
             Moulin
          
           .
           And
           yet
           (
           such
           is
           their
           partiality
           ,
           of
           which
           I
           pray
           God
           they
           may
           all
           repent
           )
           they
           never
           speak
           of
           
             M.
             Daillé
          
           ,
           but
           as
           of
           a
           holy
           Man
           of
           an
           excellent
           temper
           ,
           who
           is
           highly
           reverenced
           by
           all
           the
           Party
           ;
           but
           generally
           condemn
           the
           other
           ,
           as
           a
           prophane
           and
           scurrilous
           Writer
           ,
           an
           Enemy
           of
           the
           People
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           I
           know
           not
           what
           .
           O
           the
           power
           of
           
             studium
             causae
          
           ,
           as
           
             M.
             Daillé
          
           calls
           it
           ,
           zeal
           to
           serve
           the
           cause
           ,
           and
           affection
           to
           a
           side
           !
           I
           beseech
           again
           the
           Father
           of
           lights
           to
           give
           them
           a
           better
           mind
           ;
           and
           us
           all
           grace
           thoroughly
           to
           search
           and
           try
           our
           ways
           ;
           and
           to
           see
           and
           acknowledge
           our
           errors
           .
        
         
           
           That
           's
           a
           good
           Prayer
           ,
           will
           some
           perhaps
           be
           apt
           to
           say
           ,
           who
           dislike
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           and
           we
           have
           a
           wish
           for
           you
           ,
           as
           you
           have
           for
           us
           ;
           that
           you
           would
           see
           and
           reform
           
           the
           present
           error
           that
           is
           among
           you
           ,
           in
           accusing
           us
           of
           intending
           to
           destroy
           the
           Government
           .
           Is
           not
           that
           as
           great
           an
           out-cry
           every
           where
           ,
           as
           this
           of
           du
           Moulin's
           ?
           I
           answer
           sincerely
           ;
           there
           are
           many
           ,
           I
           believe
           ,
           very
           jealous
           of
           you
           ,
           and
           declare
           it
           freely
           :
           But
           their
           suspicions
           are
           raised
           by
           such
           kind
           of
           writings
           as
           his
           ;
           which
           clearly
           demonstrate
           ,
           they
           think
           ,
           that
           the
           Dissenters
           ,
           at
           least
           such
           as
           He
           ,
           intend
           to
           stir
           up
           the
           hatred
           of
           the
           People
           against
           the
           Men
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           against
           the
           Papists
           ,
           if
           not
           more
           :
           (
           For
           He
           mentions
           the
           Lord
           
             Castlemain
             ,
             p.
          
           26.
           with
           far
           more
           respect
           ,
           than
           he
           doth
           our
           Divines
           )
           the
           consequence
           of
           which
           can
           be
           nothing
           else
           ,
           than
           an
           indeavour
           to
           pull
           us
           in
           pieces
           .
        
         
           But
           for
           my
           part
           ,
           as
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           I
           am
           willing
           to
           hope
           the
           main
           body
           of
           
             N.
             C.
          
           are
           not
           so
           disposed
           :
           though
           there
           be
           factious
           spirits
           among
           them
           (
           too
           many
           )
           that
           would
           thrust
           them
           forward
           to
           our
           ,
           and
           their
           own
           destruction
           .
           They
           understand
           better
           ,
           and
           are
           better
           inclined
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           than
           to
           pull
           down
           a
           well
           setled
           Government
           ;
           when
           ,
           it
           is
           apparent
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           noted
           above
           ,
           they
           can
           set
           up
           none
           in
           the
           room
           of
           it
           :
           And
           the
           best
           Demonstration
           they
           can
           give
           of
           this
           ,
           will
           be
           to
           disown
           such
           Writers
           as
           
             L.
             du
             Moulin
          
           ,
           by
           some
           publick
           Declaration
           :
           and
           therein
           assure
           us
           ,
           that
           they
           mean
           not
           to
           disturb
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           established
           ;
           but
           will
           heartily
           joyn
           with
           us
           ,
           against
           the
           Papists
           ,
           to
           uphold
           and
           maintain
           it
           :
           desiring
           only
           to
           have
           their
           own
           just
           liberty
           under
           that
           Government
           ;
           which
           they
           will
           highly
           deserve
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           contributed
           to
           its
           support
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           project
           of
           
             Lewis
             du
             Moulin
          
           ,
           it
           is
           as
           vain
           as
           himself
           ;
           for
           were
           the
           Ceremonies
           (
           which
           he
           
           most
           unconscionably
           reviles
           as
           Popish
           )
           removed
           out
           of
           the
           way
           ,
           it
           would
           not
           make
           up
           the
           breach
           :
           but
           the
           main
           body
           of
           Non-conformists
           would
           still
           remain
           divided
           from
           us
           ;
           because
           they
           will
           not
           admit
           of
           a
           prescribed
           form
           of
           Prayer
           .
           Nay
           ,
           He
           himself
           ,
           I
           have
           too
           much
           reason
           to
           believe
           ,
           would
           not
           be
           satisfied
           ,
           unless
           the
           Articles
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           be
           expounded
           to
           the
           sense
           of
           Mr.
           Calvin
           :
           which
           will
           never
           down
           with
           very
           great
           numbers
           of
           the
           Dissenters
           ,
           no
           more
           than
           with
           them
           among
           us
           ,
           against
           whom
           he
           hath
           spit
           out
           all
           this
           venome
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           must
           not
           inlarge
           upon
           this
           subject
           ,
           having
           other
           business
           that
           expects
           me
           ;
           now
           that
           the
           
             Twelve
             days
          
           are
           expiring
           .
           In
           the
           midst
           of
           which
           ,
           I
           told
           you
           ,
           his
           Book
           first
           coming
           to
           my
           hand
           ,
           I
           imployed
           the
           remainder
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           you
           see
           ,
           in
           giving
           this
           short
           account
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           of
           him
           .
           Who
           may
           thereby
           be
           convinced
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           not
           so
           ill
           taught
           ,
           as
           to
           spend
           our
           time
           
             in
             the
             Play-house
             ,
             or
             with
             a
             Pack
             of
             Cards
             :
          
           (
           which
           he
           would
           have
           you
           believe
           is
           the
           common
           divertisement
           of
           our
           Ministers
           ,
           p.
           36.
           )
           though
           I
           think
           that
           had
           been
           far
           more
           innocent
           ,
           than
           to
           be
           writing
           such
           Books
           as
           his
           .
           For
           therein
           I
           should
           ,
           at
           the
           worst
           ,
           only
           have
           done
           a
           little
           harm
           to
           my self
           :
           whereas
           his
           business
           is
           to
           abuse
           the
           Nation
           with
           false
           reports
           ;
           nay
           to
           poison
           it
           with
           destructive
           opinions
           ;
           and
           t●
           slander
           those
           Divines
           ,
           as
           men
           that
           
             satisfie
             themselves
             with
             the
             profession
             of
             a
             superficial
             piety
             ,
             (
             p.
          
           35.
           )
           who
           are
           most
           laborious
           in
           their
           studies
           ;
           devoutly
           attend
           the
           Divine
           Service
           ;
           and
           make
           it
           their
           business
           by
           Word
           and
           Writing
           to
           do
           good
           to
           Men.
           
        
         
           
             Jan.
             6.
             1679.
             
          
        
         
           THE
           END
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
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