An admonition to the dissenting inhabitants of the diocess of Derry concerning a book lately published by Mr. J. Boyse, entituled, Remarks on a late discourse of William, Lord Bishop of Derry, concerning the inventions of men in the worship of God / from William, Lord Bishop of the said diocess.
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             An admonition to the dissenting inhabitants of the diocess of Derry concerning a book lately published by Mr. J. Boyse, entituled, Remarks on a late discourse of William, Lord Bishop of Derry, concerning the inventions of men in the worship of God / from William, Lord Bishop of the said diocess.
             King, William, 1650-1729.
          
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             1694.
          
           
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           AN
           ADMONITION
           TO
           THE
           Dissenting
           Inhabitants
           Of
           the
           Diocess
           of
           DERRY
           :
           CONCERNING
           A
           Book
           lately
           Published
           by
           Mr.
           
             J.
             Boyse
          
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           Remarks
           on
           a
           late
           Discourse
           of
           WILLIAM
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           DERRY
           ;
           CONCERNING
           The
           Inventions
           of
           Men
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           From
           William
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           the
           said
           Diocess
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             William
             Keblewhite
          
           at
           the
           Swan
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           -
           Church-yard
           ,
           1694.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           CONTENTS
           .
        
         
           Admonition
           COncerning
           Mr.
           
           Boyse's
           Remarks
           .
        
         
           —
           Giving
           an
           Account
           of
           ,
           
             
               I.
               Occasion
               of
               this
               Book
               .
            
             
               II.
               Mr.
               
               Boyse's
               Concessions
               .
            
             
               III.
               Mr.
               
               Boyse's
               Mistakes
               in
               Matters
               of
               Fact.
               
            
             
               Some
               Considerations
               about
               Mr.
               
               Boyse's
               Objections
               concerning
               the
               Rule
               for
               
                 Worship
                 ,
                 Baptism
              
               ,
               and
               the
               
                 Sign
                 of
                 the
                 Cross.
              
               
            
             
               Mr.
               
               Boyse's
               New
               Rule
               for
               Worship
               .
            
             
               His
               New
               Exception
               against
               Communion
               with
               us
               in
               Worship
               .
            
             
               About
               the
               Cross
               in
               Baptism
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           ADVERTISEMENT
           .
        
         
           A
           
             Plain
             and
             Rational
             Vindication
             of
             the
             Liturgy
             of
             the
             Church
             of
          
           England
           .
           Collected
           from
           the
           Discourses
           of
           some
           of
           the
           Reverend
           Bishops
           and
           Doctors
           of
           the
           same
           Church
           :
           Reduced
           to
           a
           Familiar
           Method
           of
           Question
           and
           Answer
           ,
           for
           the
           Benefit
           of
           those
           of
           Meaner
           Understanding
           .
        
         
           By
           
             John
             Clutterbuck
          
           ,
           Gent.
           
        
         
           
             Printed
             for
          
           William
           Keblewhite
           ,
           
             at
             the
          
           Swan
           
             in
             St.
          
           Paul
           '
           s-Church-yard
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           AN
           ADMONITION
           TO
           THE
           Dissenting
           Inhabitants
           Of
           the
           Diocess
           of
           DERRY
           :
           Concerning
           a
           Book
           lately
           Published
           by
           Mr.
           
             J.
             Boyse
          
           ,
           Entituled
           ,
           REMARKS
           ,
           &c.
           
           On
           the
           present
           Discourse
           .
        
         
           
             My
             Friends
             and
             Brethren
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Have
           told
           you
           in
           this
           Discourse
           (
           when
           first
           Printed
           p.
           170.
           )
           
             That
             no
             Man
             ought
             to
             take
             it
             ill
             ,
             that
             another
             proposes
             Reasons
             against
             his
             Opinion
             ;
             but
             to
             scoff
             at
             ,
             or
             revile
             any
             Practice
             ,
             or
             Opinion
             that
             another
             believes
             to
             be
             founded
             on
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             is
             not
             only
             ill
             Manners
             ,
             but
             is
             of
             dangerous
             consequence
             ,
             being
             apt
             to
             breed
             bitterness
             and
             animosities
             between
             the
             Parties
             .
             —
             And
             therefore
             in
             all
             matters
             of
             Religion
             we
             ought
             to
             avoid
             this
             manner
             of
             Treatment
             ,
             
             and
             whatever
             Book
             uses
             it
             ,
             we
             need
             trouble
             our selves
             no
             further
             with
             it
             ,
             for
             it
             certainly
             is
             written
             only
             to
             serve
             a
             Party
             and
             not
             Truth
             .
          
           This
           Observation
           I
           take
           to
           be
           certain
           ,
           and
           I
           desire
           that
           you
           would
           read
           Mr.
           
           Boyse's
           Remarks
           ,
           and
           my
           Book
           together
           ,
           and
           judge
           them
           by
           this
           Rule
           .
           The
           Worship
           of
           God
           is
           to
           Mankind
           beyond
           all
           other
           Concerns
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           be
           treated
           with
           all
           the
           seriousness
           and
           calmness
           of
           Spirit
           that
           becomes
           us
           ,
           whilst
           in
           the
           presence
           of
           God
           :
           And
           for
           any
           one
           to
           treat
           that
           which
           all
           good
           Men
           tender
           and
           value
           as
           the
           most
           serious
           and
           weighty
           Concern
           of
           their
           minds
           ,
           in
           a
           Passionate
           ,
           Angry
           ,
           Scoffing
           and
           Deriding
           manner
           ,
           is
           surely
           contrary
           to
           Natural
           Modesty
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           respect
           we
           owe
           to
           one
           another
           ;
           Much
           more
           to
           the
           Spirit
           and
           Meekness
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           I
           will
           not
           accuse
           Mr.
           Boyse
           ,
           but
           only
           desire
           you
           to
           read
           his
           Book
           seriously
           ,
           and
           believe
           him
           as
           far
           as
           you
           find
           him
           free
           from
           these
           faults
           .
        
         
           I
           hear
           that
           other
           Answers
           to
           my
           Book
           are
           coming
           out
           ,
           and
           if
           I
           find
           in
           them
           that
           Spirit
           of
           Piety
           and
           seriousness
           that
           becomes
           Christians
           ,
           more
           especially
           Men
           of
           tender
           Consciences
           ,
           I
           will
           with
           God's
           help
           give
           them
           a
           due
           consideration
           ;
           and
           if
           there
           be
           any
           thing
           material
           in
           Mr.
           
           Boyse's
           Remarks
           ,
           which
           is
           not
           taken
           Notice
           of
           by
           them
           ,
           it
           shall
           then
           likewise
           be
           considered
           :
           In
           the
           mean
           time
           what
           I
           think
           needful
           to
           give
           you
           an
           Account
           of
           in
           this
           Admonition
           ,
           is
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           First
           ,
           The
           chief
           Motive
           that
           prevailed
           with
           me
           to
           Publish
           my
           Book
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           Mr.
           Boyse
           has
           Granted
           ,
           in
           effect
           ,
           the
           chief
           things
           I
           pleaded
           for
           in
           it
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           That
           he
           is
           much
           mistaken
           in
           those
           Matters
           of
           Fact
           which
           he
           Charges
           on
           me
           as
           mistakes
           .
           Fourthly
           ,
           That
           he
           has
           failed
           to
           prove
           the
           most
           Material
           things
           that
           were
           incumbent
           on
           an
           Answerer
           to
           prove
           .
           If
           I
           give
           plain
           Instances
           and
           Examples
           in
           each
           of
           these
           ,
           you
           may
           judge
           by
           them
           what
           to
           think
           of
           the
           rest
           of
           his
           Book
           .
        
         
           I.
           As
           to
           the
           first
           of
           these
           ,
           namely
           ,
           
             my
             design
             in
             publishing
             
             this
             Book
          
           ;
           I
           have
           been
           now
           above
           three
           Years
           amongst
           you
           ,
           and
           I
           have
           taken
           the
           best
           care
           I
           could
           to
           inform
           my self
           of
           the
           State
           and
           Condition
           of
           this
           Diocess
           ,
           and
           of
           every
           Parish
           therein
           .
           I
           have
           visited
           each
           of
           them
           several
           times
           ,
           and
           discoursed
           personally
           with
           many
           hundreds
           ,
           and
           informed
           my self
           particularly
           of
           the
           Customs
           ,
           Manners
           ,
           Inclinations
           and
           Scruples
           of
           every
           sort
           and
           Persuasion
           :
           I
           found
           to
           my
           great
           trouble
           much
           ignorance
           amongst
           the
           poor
           People
           ;
           insomuch
           that
           of
           800
           ,
           or
           more
           of
           the
           Dissenters
           Communion
           ,
           whom
           I
           personally
           discoursed
           ,
           I
           did
           not
           find
           above
           Four
           Persons
           that
           could
           give
           any
           Account
           of
           their
           Catechism
           ,
           and
           only
           two
           that
           could
           repeat
           it
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           many
           that
           could
           neither
           say
           the
           Creed
           ,
           the
           
             Lord's
             Prayer
          
           ,
           nor
           
             Ten
             Commandments
          
           :
           Of
           this
           I
           have
           many
           Witnesses
           that
           were
           present
           at
           some
           of
           my
           Discourses
           .
           I
           do
           not
           say
           this
           ignorance
           was
           peculiar
           to
           Dissenters
           ,
           for
           too
           many
           conformable
           Persons
           were
           in
           the
           same
           Condition
           :
           This
           I
           looked
           on
           with
           great
           Compassion
           and
           Concern
           ,
           as
           it
           became
           me
           ,
           and
           in
           Order
           to
           remedy
           it
           ,
           I
           took
           care
           to
           have
           English
           Schools
           kept
           in
           every
           Parish
           ,
           according
           to
           Law
           ,
           and
           obliged
           the
           Schoolmaster
           to
           teach
           the
           Catechism
           ,
           and
           the
           Ministers
           to
           Catechise
           in
           each
           Parish
           ;
           and
           I
           furnished
           them
           with
           Catechisms
           ,
           which
           with
           God's
           Assistance
           has
           proved
           of
           good
           use
           to
           such
           as
           are
           Conformable
           ,
           near
           2000
           of
           all
           Ages
           having
           since
           learned
           the
           Catechism
           ,
           and
           presented
           themselves
           to
           be
           Confirmed
           ;
           I
           could
           not
           have
           the
           same
           influence
           on
           you
           that
           differ
           from
           Me
           ,
           and
           yet
           I
           hope
           my
           Endeavours
           have
           not
           been
           useless
           to
           you
           ,
           but
           have
           help'd
           to
           raise
           an
           Emulation
           in
           you
           to
           instruct
           your
           Children
           .
        
         
           I
           found
           the
           great
           Obstacle
           to
           your
           Learning
           your
           Catechism
           ,
           was
           ,
           the
           length
           and
           intricacy
           of
           it
           ,
           insomuch
           that
           generally
           speaking
           ,
           whoever
           could
           not
           read
           ,
           must
           despair
           of
           getting
           it
           by
           Heart
           ;
           this
           put
           me
           upon
           persuading
           you
           to
           make
           use
           of
           an
           easier
           ●atechism
           not
           excluding
           your
           own
           if
           you
           had
           a
           mind
           to
           it
           .
        
         
         
           Again
           I
           observed
           that
           when
           I
           wrote
           my
           Book
           ,
           there
           were
           only
           Nine
           Meeting-Houses
           in
           the
           Diocess
           ,
           and
           I
           think
           the
           Number
           is
           not
           increased
           since
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           best
           Enquiry
           I
           could
           make
           among
           your selves
           and
           other
           People
           ,
           I
           found
           that
           there
           were
           (
           taking
           one
           Meeting-House
           and
           one
           Lord's-Day
           with
           another
           )
           not
           300
           at
           each
           Meeting
           .
           Now
           I
           understand
           that
           in
           this
           Diocess
           there
           are
           30000
           that
           profess
           themselves
           of
           your
           persuasion
           ,
           and
           on
           that
           account
           absent
           themselves
           from
           Church
           .
           From
           which
           Computation
           I
           perceived
           that
           only
           1
           in
           10
           of
           them
           ,
           or
           thereabouts
           went
           to
           Worship
           God
           any
           where
           on
           the
           Lord's-Day
           :
           This
           I
           confess
           was
           a
           great
           grief
           to
           me
           ,
           and
           however
           Mr.
           Boyse
           may
           scoff
           at
           my
           concern
           ,
           as
           he
           doth
           at
           it
           in
           other
           cases
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           be
           ashamed
           of
           it
           ,
           but
           pray
           to
           God
           to
           encrease
           it
           in
           me
           while
           such
           occasions
           remain
           ,
           and
           direct
           me
           to
           Methods
           to
           remove
           them
           ,
           I
           found
           that
           the
           case
           was
           not
           much
           better
           with
           you
           before
           the
           Troubles
           than
           since
           ;
           for
           tho'
           there
           were
           then
           some
           more
           Meeting-Houses
           than
           at
           present
           ,
           yet
           I
           believe
           the
           Number
           of
           People
           was
           near
           proportionable
           more
           also
           .
           I
           found
           the
           sense
           of
           Religion
           much
           decayed
           amongst
           you
           ,
           by
           means
           of
           this
           small
           number
           of
           your
           Meeting-Houses
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           you
           when
           I
           have
           pressed
           you
           to
           Worship
           God
           somewhere
           ,
           have
           answered
           me
           ,
           That
           you
           could
           do
           it
           at
           home
           ;
           and
           indeed
           I
           have
           found
           some
           that
           had
           not
           been
           at
           any
           Publick
           Worship
           in
           Seven
           Years
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           wondered
           at
           ,
           when
           some
           of
           you
           are
           Ten
           Miles
           ,
           some
           Twenty
           ,
           from
           a
           Meeting-place
           .
           I
           cast
           about
           in
           my
           mind
           how
           to
           remedy
           this
           ,
           and
           in
           Order
           to
           it
           ,
           enquired
           of
           many
           of
           you
           ,
           why
           you
           did
           not
           frequent
           the
           Publick
           Church
           ,
           since
           you
           had
           none
           else
           which
           you
           could
           constantly
           attend
           with
           your
           Families
           ;
           I
           perceived
           that
           Three
           Objections
           ,
           especially
           had
           stuck
           with
           you
           formerly
           .
           First
           ,
           That
           our
           Ministers
           were
           Popishly
           inclined
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           some
           of
           them
           were
           of
           ill
           Lives
           and
           Negligent
           .
           
           And
           Thirdly
           ,
           That
           our
           Service
           was
           only
           Human
           Inventions
           ,
           and
           had
           no
           particular
           Warrant
           from
           Scripture
           .
           The
           first
           and
           second
           of
           these
           I
           found
           ,
           by
           God's
           Blessing
           ,
           in
           great
           Measure
           removed
           at
           my
           coming
           among
           you
           ,
           so
           that
           I
           cannot
           say
           that
           any
           one
           of
           you
           ever
           objected
           them
           to
           me
           .
           And
           as
           to
           the
           third
           ,
           I
           particularly
           Examined
           ,
           what
           things
           they
           were
           in
           our
           Ordinary
           Lord's-Days-Service
           ,
           which
           you
           taxed
           as
           Human
           Inventions
           ,
           (
           for
           I
           only
           invited
           you
           to
           that
           Service
           )
           and
           which
           made
           you
           think
           it
           more
           justifiable
           to
           stay
           at
           home
           then
           to
           come
           to
           our
           Churches
           ,
           and
           I
           carefully
           marked
           what
           you
           objected
           ,
           and
           put
           them
           in
           the
           Form
           that
           you
           now
           find
           them
           in
           this
           Book
           ;
           In
           which
           I
           designed
           neither
           to
           shew
           Wit
           or
           Learning
           ,
           but
           to
           propose
           it
           to
           you
           of
           my
           Diocess
           ,
           and
           to
           you
           only
           ,
           in
           such
           a
           plain
           Method
           and
           Stile
           as
           might
           suite
           your
           Capacities
           ,
           for
           I
           think
           you
           are
           not
           concerned
           in
           Books
           which
           you
           cannot
           understand
           ;
           I
           am
           sure
           you
           cannot
           understand
           the
           Generality
           of
           Controversie
           Books
           ,
           I
           confin'd
           my self
           therefore
           to
           what
           I
           had
           seen
           and
           known
           to
           be
           your
           Opinions
           and
           Practice
           ,
           and
           I
           was
           resolved
           that
           my
           Book
           should
           go
           no
           further
           then
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           Printed
           only
           a
           few
           ,
           which
           I
           distributed
           amongst
           you
           ,
           and
           took
           care
           that
           not
           one
           of
           them
           should
           be
           Sold.
           I
           must
           own
           that
           the
           Book
           is
           Reprinted
           in
           London
           ,
           but
           this
           was
           altogether
           without
           my
           knowledge
           ,
           and
           very
           much
           to
           my
           dissatisfaction
           .
           But
           I
           cannot
           prevent
           the
           ill
           Arts
           of
           Tradesmen
           for
           their
           own
           gain
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           the
           Motive
           and
           Method
           of
           my
           Book
           ;
           And
           whether
           they
           be
           agreable
           to
           the
           Spirit
           of
           a
           Christian
           Bishop
           who
           is
           concerned
           for
           the
           Service
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           of
           the
           Souls
           under
           his
           Charge
           ,
           or
           deserve
           the
           Treatment
           Mr.
           Boyse
           has
           given
           me
           in
           his
           Remarks
           (
           suppose
           I
           were
           mistaken
           in
           some
           things
           ,
           as
           I
           do
           not
           find
           I
           am
           )
           I
           must
           leave
           you
           to
           judge
        
         
         
           II.
           I
           shall
           now
           proceed
           to
           the
           Second
           thing
           I
           proposed
           in
           this
           Preface
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           shew
           that
           Mr.
           Boyse
           has
           granted
           the
           Principal
           things
           designed
           in
           my
           Book
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           that
           they
           may
           have
           some
           influence
           on
           you
           ,
           to
           Allow
           the
           same
           :
           the
           Things
           are
           these
           that
           follow
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           He
           owns
           that
           Singing
           Psalms
           in
           Prose
           is
           Lawful
           (
           p.
           10.
           )
           which
           I
           proved
           Chap.
           1.
           
           Sect.
           1.
           
           N.
           3.
           in
           my
           Book
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           Responses
           or
           Answering
           ,
           in
           the
           praise
           of
           God
           ,
           is
           Lawful
           (
           p.
           16.
           
           &
           28.
           )
           and
           he
           allows
           the
           Scripture
           Precedents
           which
           I
           brought
           to
           prove
           them
           ,
           in
           Chap.
           1.
           
           Sect.
           1.
           
           N.
           4.
           
           I
           hope
           therefore
           that
           upon
           Consideration
           of
           his
           Reasons
           ,
           if
           not
           of
           mine
           ,
           you
           will
           allow
           the
           same
           that
           he
           does
           ,
           and
           that
           these
           things
           will
           not
           give
           any
           such
           Offence
           to
           you
           hereafter
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           done
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           He
           doth
           not
           absolutely
           condemn
           all
           Use
           of
           Musical
           Instruments
           in
           the
           praises
           of
           God
           ,
           so
           they
           be
           only
           for
           directing
           the
           People
           in
           the
           Tune
           of
           the
           Psalm
           they
           sing
           (
           p.
           30.
           )
           .
           I
           therefore
           hope
           ,
           that
           you
           have
           so
           much
           Respect
           to
           Mr.
           
           Boyse's
           Judgment
           ,
           that
           hereafter
           the
           Organs
           will
           not
           offend
           you
           so
           as
           to
           drive
           you
           from
           our
           Service
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           He
           asserts
           (
           p.
           24.
           )
           That
           none
           of
           the
           Nonconformist
           Writers
           have
           condemn'd
           the
           
             Singing
             of
             Psalms
             ,
             as
             used
             in
             our
             Cathedrals
             by
             a
             Quire
             ,
          
           tho'
           he
           supposes
           it
           Unscriptural
           ,
           nor
           the
           Saying
           them
           in
           Parish-Churches
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           Responses
           ,
           and
           that
           only
           some
           weak
           and
           injudicious
           People
           have
           Alledged
           such
           Reasons
           ,
           for
           deserting
           the
           Established
           Church
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           are
           not
           to
           be
           reckon'd
           as
           Condemned
           by
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           in
           Mar.
           7.7
           .
           for
           
             Commandments
             of
             Men
          
           :
           And
           therefore
           I
           hope
           in
           Respect
           to
           his
           Judgment
           ,
           you
           will
           lay
           aside
           all
           such
           Reasons
           ,
           for
           your
           Non-compliance
           with
           the
           Established
           Worship
           ,
           and
           retain
           no
           ill
           Opinion
           of
           us
           that
           do
           comply
           with
           these
           things
           .
           To
           gain
           which
           ,
           I
           shall
           reckon
           a
           great
           step
           ,
           and
           worth
           the
           writing
           
           my
           Book
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           heartily
           glad
           to
           find
           ,
           as
           Mr.
           Boyse
           intimates
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           only
           the
           weak
           amongst
           you
           that
           insisted
           on
           these
           things
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           He
           grants
           (
           p.
           9.
           )
           That
           God
           has
           no
           where
           expresly
           Determined
           ,
           whether
           we
           shall
           pray
           with
           ,
           or
           without
           a
           Set
           Form
           ;
           and
           that
           therefore
           both
           ways
           of
           praying
           may
           be
           Lawful
           in
           General
           ,
           tho'
           particular
           Circumstances
           may
           sometimes
           render
           the
           one
           or
           the
           other
           more
           Convenient
           .
           So
           that
           this
           Matter
           of
           praying
           with
           ,
           or
           without
           a
           Set
           Form
           ,
           according
           to
           him
           ,
           is
           a
           Matter
           of
           Conveniency
           only
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           determined
           by
           Circumstances
           ;
           And
           therefore
           upon
           Mr.
           
           Boyse's
           Principles
           ,
           since
           our
           Forms
           of
           Prayer
           can
           seem
           to
           you
           at
           worst
           to
           be
           only
           Inconvenient
           ;
           surely
           it
           is
           better
           to
           dispence
           with
           an
           Inconveniency
           than
           to
           neglect
           all
           Publick
           Prayers
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           He
           grants
           (
           p.
           31.
           )
           That
           in
           some
           particular
           Cases
           ,
           God
           did
           Recommend
           to
           the
           
             Jews
             ,
             a
             Form
             of
             Words
             in
             their
             Addresses
             to
             Him
             ,
          
           and
           that
           not
           only
           to
           the
           People
           ,
           but
           even
           to
           the
           Priests
           ,
           and
           therefore
           
             Forms
             of
             Prayer
          
           are
           Warranted
           by
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           are
           of
           Divine
           Original
           .
           From
           hence
           it
           follows
           ,
           That
           God
           has
           not
           only
           in
           general
           Commanded
           us
           to
           pray
           to
           Him
           ,
           but
           in
           particular
           Commands
           ,
           both
           Priests
           and
           People
           to
           pray
           to
           him
           
             in
             Forms
          
           ,
           tho'
           He
           has
           not
           forbidden
           other
           Addresses
           on
           such
           Occasions
           ,
           as
           I
           mentioned
           Chap.
           2.
           
           N.
           2.
           
           Sect.
           9.
           
        
         
           7.
           
           He
           grants
           that
           the
           People
           expressed
           their
           Joyning
           in
           the
           Publick
           Prayers
           ,
           in
           Christian
           Assemblies
           ▪
           by
           adding
           their
           Amen
           (
           as
           I
           have
           proved
           Chap.
           2.
           
           Sect.
           1.
           
           N.
           5.
           )
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           not
           only
           Approve
           of
           this
           in
           us
           ,
           but
           will
           likewise
           Introduce
           it
           into
           your
           own
           Meetings
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           the
           Book
           Mr.
           Boyse
           Quotes
           for
           this
           purpose
           ,
           
           Advises
           you
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           8.
           
           He
           grants
           that
           the
           Holy
           Scripture
           may
           be
           read
           without
           Exposition
           (
           p
           10.
           
           &
           95.
           )
           and
           that
           the
           omission
           
           of
           reading
           an
           entire
           Portion
           at
           once
           is
           a
           Defect
           ;
           and
           that
           in
           the
           Winter
           Quarter
           there
           is
           no
           reading
           in
           the
           
             North
             of
             Ireland
             (
             p.
          
           92.
           )
           and
           owns
           that
           I
           may
           justly
           charge
           you
           with
           Falling
           Short
           of
           Reading
           so
           much
           as
           the
           Directory
           recommends
           ;
           and
           therefore
           I
           hope
           our
           not
           Explaining
           every
           Chapter
           ,
           when
           we
           read
           it
           ,
           will
           be
           no
           Objection
           against
           our
           Service
           :
           You
           may
           know
           we
           are
           obliged
           every
           Lord's-day
           ,
           to
           Explain
           and
           Apply
           some
           Portion
           of
           Scripture
           in
           our
           Sermons
           ;
           so
           that
           Exposition
           is
           not
           banished
           out
           of
           our
           Church
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           He
           acknowledges
           that
           Bodily
           Worship
           is
           Commanded
           in
           Scripture
           (
           p.
           105.
           )
           He
           calls
           Sitting
           at
           Prayers
           a
           Sloathful
           Posture
           .
           p.
           3.
           and
           says
           he
           cannot
           excuse
           it
           from
           Irreverence
           ,
           and
           hopes
           that
           those
           who
           have
           been
           guilty
           of
           it
           heretofore
           ,
           will
           not
           persist
           in
           it
           without
           real
           Necessity
           .
           I
           hope
           therefore
           that
           you
           will
           take
           no
           Offence
           at
           our
           Service
           ,
           or
           Abstain
           from
           it
           ,
           because
           Bodily
           Worship
           is
           required
           in
           it
           ,
           or
           use
           any
           more
           that
           indecent
           Posture
           of
           Sitting
           at
           Prayers
           in
           your
           Meetings
           ,
           when
           your
           own
           Advocate
           Condemns
           it
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           He
           cannot
           condemn
           Kneeling
           at
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           ▪
           as
           Unlawful
           (
           p.
           123.
           )
           and
           grants
           that
           you
           ought
           to
           Stand
           up
           at
           your
           Thanksgivings
           and
           Blessing
           ,
           before
           Receiving
           and
           after
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           will
           not
           excuse
           you
           if
           you
           do
           otherwise
           in
           it
           (
           p.
           112.
           )
           And
           therefore
           as
           far
           as
           you
           are
           of
           his
           mind
           in
           this
           matter
           ,
           you
           will
           have
           no
           reason
           to
           condemn
           us
           for
           Kneeling
           ,
           as
           guilty
           of
           Idolatry
           ;
           or
           wonder
           that
           we
           receive
           the
           Elements
           on
           our
           Knees
           ,
           since
           we
           receive
           them
           with
           Prayer
           and
           Thanksgiving
           ,
           and
           continue
           whilst
           we
           eat
           and
           drink
           ,
           in
           the
           exercise
           of
           them
           ,
           with
           the
           most
           earnest
           Passion
           that
           our
           Minds
           are
           capable
           of
           .
        
         
           II.
           He
           agrees
           with
           me
           as
           to
           the
           Frequency
           of
           Celebrating
           the
           Lord's-Supper
           (
           p.
           131.
           )
           And
           owns
           it
           was
           one
           Constant
           part
           of
           the
           Christian
           Lord's-Days
           Worship
           in
           the
           Apostles
           time
           ;
           And
           that
           he
           thinks
           it
           past
           all
           doubt
           ,
           that
           this
           was
           the
           Universal
           practice
           
           of
           the
           Christian
           Church
           for
           several
           succeeding
           Ages
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           hope
           you
           will
           endeavour
           to
           Restore
           this
           Apostolick
           and
           Primitive
           Institution
           to
           what
           it
           was
           ,
           and
           consider
           how
           Unreconcileable
           your
           present
           Practice
           of
           Receiving
           is
           to
           this
           Institution
           of
           Christ
           and
           Universal
           Practice
           .
        
         
           If
           these
           things
           be
           universally
           Believed
           and
           Received
           amongst
           you
           ,
           I
           can
           see
           no
           reason
           why
           you
           should
           decline
           our
           Churches
           ,
           at
           least
           when
           you
           cannot
           go
           to
           your
           own
           Meetings
           ,
           and
           hope
           you
           will
           not
           hereafter
           go
           out
           when
           our
           Prayers
           begin
           ,
           as
           if
           you
           were
           in
           danger
           of
           being
           Polluted
           by
           them
           ,
           or
           refuse
           to
           conform
           in
           the
           Bodily
           Expressions
           of
           Worship
           used
           at
           them
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           sometimes
           observed
           some
           of
           you
           to
           do
           ,
           who
           rather
           chuse
           to
           stay
           then
           disturb
           the
           Congregation
           ,
           by
           going
           unseasonably
           away
           .
           If
           I
           could
           gain
           these
           Points
           of
           you
           ,
           I
           should
           think
           my
           Labours
           in
           my
           Book
           bestowed
           to
           a
           most
           Excellent
           purpose
           ,
           and
           be
           content
           with
           Joy
           to
           endure
           a
           Thousand
           more
           hard
           things
           ,
           than
           Mr.
           Boyse
           has
           been
           pleased
           to
           say
           of
           me
           ,
           who
           appears
           by
           his
           Book
           to
           be
           much
           a
           Stranger
           both
           to
           you
           and
           me
           ,
           and
           to
           have
           intermeddled
           with
           us
           ,
           before
           he
           understood
           either
           of
           our
           Practices
           ,
           or
           Circumstances
           ;
           and
           I
           hope
           by
           Gods
           help
           it
           shall
           not
           be
           in
           his
           power
           to
           make
           you
           conceive
           otherwise
           of
           my
           Sincere
           Affections
           and
           Concern
           for
           your
           Souls
           than
           I
           have
           profest
           ,
           and
           shall
           always
           desire
           to
           Maintain
           .
        
         
           III.
           I
           shall
           now
           proceed
           to
           the
           third
           thing
           I
           promised
           in
           this
           Admonition
           ,
           and
           that
           is
           to
           shew
           you
           ,
           That
           whereas
           there
           are
           several
           Matters
           of
           Fact
           which
           I
           affirm
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Boyse
           denies
           the
           mistakes
           lye
           on
           his
           side
           ,
           notwithstanding
           he
           imputes
           them
           to
           me
           with
           great
           assurance
           ,
           as
           Falshoods
           ,
           and
           asserts
           that
           I
           am
           hard'ned
           in
           them
           :
           For
           the
           Proof
           of
           this
           ,
           I
           need
           no
           more
           than
           to
           Appeal
           to
           your
           own
           Consciences
           ;
           and
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           what
           I
           have
           Wrote
           was
           from
           Sight
           ,
           Experience
           ,
           or
           certain
           Information
           on
           the
           place
           ,
           whereas
           he
           has
           his
           account
           of
           things
           only
           at
           
           second-hand
           ,
           and
           produces
           no
           Vouchers
           .
           I
           will
           instance
           in
           some
           of
           the
           principal
           matters
           of
           Fact
           which
           he
           contradicts
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           First
           then
           ,
           One
           of
           the
           Principal
           Matters
           of
           Fact
           in
           dispute
           ,
           is
           ,
           what
           I
           assert
           (
           Chap.
           3.
           
           Sect.
           3.
           
           N.
           2.
           )
           
             That
             in
             all
             the
             Meetings
             in
             the
          
           North
           of
           Ireland
           
             in
             a
             whole
             year
             ,
             perhaps
             there
             is
             not
             so
             much
             Scripture
             read
             ,
             as
             in
             one
             day
             in
             Our
             Church
             ,
             by
             the
             strictest
             enquiry
             I
             could
             make
             .
          
           This
           he
           contradicts
           with
           great
           vehemence
           ,
           and
           asserts
           (
           p.
           93.
           )
           that
           there
           is
           nothing
           like
           Truth
           in
           the
           Assertion
           ;
           with
           a
           great
           many
           ill
           words
           .
           You
           m●y
           observe
           that
           I
           expressed
           my self
           doubtfully
           in
           this
           Case
           with
           a
           perhaps
           it
           was
           so
           ,
           but
           I
           assure
           you
           that
           I
           had
           no
           doubt
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           it
           ,
           only
           I
           was
           willing
           to
           say
           such
           ungrateful
           Truths
           as
           softly
           as
           I
           could
           ,
           that
           I
           might
           give
           the
           less
           offence
           to
           you
           .
           To
           make
           this
           appear
           ,
           I
           will
           take
           Mr.
           
           Boyse's
           own
           Computation
           ,
           and
           allow
           that
           there
           are
           read
           in
           each
           of
           your
           Meetings
           every
           Lord's-day
           for
           3
           Quarters
           of
           the
           Year
           half
           a
           Chapter
           ,
           tho'
           you
           know
           the
           case
           is
           not
           Universally
           so
           ;
           for
           in
           some
           places
           in
           this
           Diocess
           there
           has
           been
           no
           Lecturing
           in
           some
           of
           your
           Meetings
           ,
           for
           two
           Years
           together
           ;
           but
           allowing
           it
           to
           be
           as
           he
           says
           :
        
         
           Then
           in
           this
           Diocess
           there
           are
           Nine
           Meeting-places
           and
           Lectures
           in
           each
           ,
           39
           Lord's-days
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           and
           half
           a
           Chapter
           read
           at
           each
           Lecture
           ,
           which
           in
           all
           makes
           175
           ½
           .
        
         
           Now
           because
           the
           First
           of
           April
           was
           on
           a
           Lords-day
           this
           year
           ,
           I
           will
           take
           it
           and
           compute
           how
           many
           Chapters
           and
           Psalms
           were
           read
           on
           that
           day
           in
           our
           Church
           ,
           and
           you
           will
           find
           it
           thus
           :
        
         
           On
           the
           First
           of
           April
           are
           read
           8
           Psalms
           for
           the
           day
           ,
           3
           before
           and
           between
           the
           Lessons
           :
           That
           is
           the
           95
           ,
           the
           100
           ,
           the
           67
           ,
           besides
           the
           Song
           of
           the
           Blessed
           Virgin.
           So
           that
           11
           Psalms
           were
           read
           that
           Day
           in
           every
           Parish-Church
           .
           Besides
           these
           ,
           are
           read
           4
           Chapters
           for
           Lessons
           ,
           and
           the
           Epistle
           and
           Gospel
           make
           a
           large
           Chapter
           more
        
         
         
           So
           then
           in
           every
           Parish-Church
           there
           are
           read
           Psalms
           and
           Chapters
           ,
           tho'
           there
           be
           no
           Funeral
           ,
           or
           Churching
           of
           Women
           ,
           or
           other
           Occasional
           Office
           ,
           16.
           
           There
           are
           then
           42
           Congregations
           in
           this
           Diocess
           at
           present
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           Offices
           of
           the
           Church
           are
           constantly
           performed
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           Multiply
           42
           by
           16
           ,
           it
           follows
           that
           there
           are
           read
           in
           this
           Diocess
           in
           one
           Lord's-Day
           ,
           Chapters
           and
           Psalms
           ,
           672
           ,
           whereas
           allowing
           the
           utmost
           of
           Mr.
           
           Boyse's
           Computation
           ,
           there
           are
           read
           in
           the
           Meetings
           in
           this
           Diocess
           in
           a
           Year
           but
           175
           and
           a
           ½
           .
        
         
           Let
           me
           observe
           that
           the
           Meeting-Houses
           are
           more
           Numerous
           here
           then
           in
           my
           Neighbour
           Diocesses
           in
           the
           North
           ,
           there
           being
           ,
           that
           I
           can
           learn
           ,
           only
           4
           in
           Rapho
           Diocess
           ,
           in
           which
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           other
           Diocesses
           of
           the
           North
           the
           Parish-Churches
           are
           proportionally
           as
           many
           more
           then
           the
           Meetings
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           in
           the
           Diocess
           of
           Derry
           :
           And
           from
           thence
           it
           follows
           that
           there
           is
           really
           4
           times
           more
           Scripture
           Read
           in
           Our
           Church
           in
           the
           North
           in
           one
           day
           then
           in
           all
           the
           Meetings
           in
           the
           North
           in
           a
           Year
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           great
           deal
           more
           then
           what
           I
           asserted
           .
           I
           had
           a
           Computation
           like
           this
           in
           my
           mind
           when
           I
           wrote
           my
           Book
           ,
           and
           should
           not
           have
           Published
           it
           ,
           if
           these
           Remarks
           by
           imputing
           Falshoods
           and
           Untruths
           to
           me
           ,
           had
           not
           obliged
           me
           to
           do
           it
           in
           my
           own
           Justification
           to
           the
           World
           ;
           for
           to
           you
           who
           know
           so
           well
           the
           Truth
           of
           it
           ,
           it
           was
           needless
           .
           And
           we
           have
           this
           advantage
           by
           reading
           the
           same
           Chapters
           and
           Psalms
           in
           every
           Church
           ,
           that
           whatever
           Church
           a
           Man
           go
           to
           ,
           so
           he
           be
           constant
           at
           any
           ,
           he
           is
           sure
           to
           find
           the
           Scriptures
           read
           on
           in
           Order
           ,
           which
           must
           needs
           contribute
           towards
           making
           him
           acquainted
           with
           the
           whole
           Body
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           But
           then
           ,
           Secondly
           ,
           I
           charge
           you
           with
           
             casting
             out
             the
             reading
             of
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             from
             most
             of
             your
             Publick
             Assemblies
             —
             Insomuch
             that
             in
             many
             of
             your
             Meetings
             ,
             setting
             aside
             a
             Verse
             or
             two
             for
             a
             Text
             or
             Quotation
             ,
             at
             
             the
             discretion
             of
             the
             Teacher
             ,
             the
             Voice
             of
             God
             is
             never
             Publickly
             heard
             amongst
             you
             .
          
           This
           Mr.
           Boyse
           censures
           (
           p.
           92.
           )
           as
           
             a
             bare-fac'd
             Untruth
          
           :
           but
           your selves
           shall
           be
           Judges
           .
        
         
           First
           then
           ,
           I
           have
           proved
           that
           Reading
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           for
           the
           Instruction
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           is
           a
           Publick
           Ordinance
           of
           God
           ,
           Chap.
           3.
           
           Sect.
           1.
           and
           tho'
           it
           is
           not
           determined
           how
           much
           we
           ought
           to
           read
           at
           a
           time
           ,
           yet
           it
           ought
           to
           be
           so
           Ordered
           ,
           that
           the
           diligent
           Hearers
           may
           in
           a
           competent
           time
           be
           acquainted
           with
           the
           whole
           Body
           of
           the
           Scripture
           ;
           and
           in
           this
           I
           have
           the
           Concurrence
           of
           your
           Directory
           .
           Now
           if
           you
           can
           Name
           but
           one
           Meeting
           in
           the
           
             North
             of
             Ireland
          
           ,
           where
           this
           has
           been
           Observed
           ▪
           Mr.
           Boyse
           may
           have
           some
           Ground
           to
           contradict
           me
           :
           but
           the
           Case
           is
           far
           otherwise
           ;
           you
           have
           thrown
           this
           Orderly
           Reading
           of
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           not
           only
           out
           of
           most
           ,
           or
           many
           of
           your
           Meetings
           ,
           but
           out
           of
           all
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           But
           further
           I
           appeal
           to
           your selves
           whether
           any
           of
           your
           Ministers
           ever
           read
           one
           Portion
           of
           Scripture
           but
           what
           was
           either
           designed
           
             for
             a
             Text
          
           ,
           to
           a
           Lecture
           or
           Sermon
           ,
           
             or
             a
             Quotation
          
           .
           If
           any
           one
           pretend
           the
           contrary
           ,
           I
           must
           desire
           him
           to
           name
           the
           Time
           and
           Place
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           reprove
           those
           Informers
           that
           Mr.
           Boyse
           affirms
           (
           p.
           92.
           )
           have
           so
           greatly
           imposed
           on
           me
           .
           But
           till
           the
           Time
           and
           Place
           be
           named
           my
           assertion
           is
           literally
           true
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           larger
           sense
           then
           I
           expressed
           it
           .
           I
           heartily
           wish
           you
           who
           are
           Teachers
           would
           amend
           this
           fault
           ,
           and
           I
           shall
           then
           acknowledge
           that
           this
           part
           of
           my
           Book
           is
           Effectually
           Answered
           ,
           and
           of
           no
           further
           force
           against
           you
           .
           And
           let
           me
           tell
           you
           ,
           that
           your
           complyance
           in
           this
           would
           beget
           an
           honour
           and
           esteem
           in
           the
           People
           for
           Reading
           the
           Scriptures
           Publickly
           ,
           which
           is
           an
           Institution
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           satisfie
           the
           World
           that
           you
           have
           a
           greater
           value
           for
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           then
           for
           your
           own
           Expositions
           ,
           which
           no
           Impartial
           Considerer
           will
           
           ever
           believe
           whilst
           you
           allow
           it
           no
           place
           in
           your
           Meetings
           ,
           but
           when
           you
           can
           have
           leisure
           to
           bring
           in
           your
           own
           Expositions
           .
           And
           sure
           it
           seems
           strange
           that
           you
           can
           allow
           at
           least
           an
           hour
           for
           a
           Sermon
           of
           your
           own
           Composing
           ,
           and
           cannot
           allow
           10
           minutes
           for
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Case
           ,
           however
           Mr.
           Boyse
           endeavours
           to
           palliate
           it
           .
        
         
           A
           third
           Mater
           of
           Fact
           denied
           by
           Mr.
           Boyse
           ,
           is
           ,
           
             That
             a
             Man
             may
             frequent
             your
             Meetings
             all
             his
             Life
             ,
             and
             yet
             have
             no
             security
             ,
             or
             hardly
             possibility
             of
             Learning
             from
             your
             Publick
             Teaching
             all
             the
             great
             Mysteries
             of
             his
             Religion
             .
          
           This
           he
           censures
           (
           p.
           83.
           )
           as
           a
           gross
           and
           shameless
           Accusation
           ,
           and
           advances
           it
           as
           a
           known
           Truth
           that
           the
           great
           Mysteries
           and
           Principles
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           are
           not
           seldomer
           taught
           in
           your
           Pulpits
           than
           in
           ours
           .
           Now
           to
           discover
           whether
           I
           deserve
           the
           hard
           words
           which
           Mr.
           Boyse
           gives
           me
           on
           this
           account
           ,
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           consider
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           the
           great
           Mysteries
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           are
           the
           
             Conception
             ,
             Birth
             ,
             Passion
             ,
             Resurrection
             ,
             Ascension
             and
             final
             coming
             of
             our
             Saviour
             to
             judge
             the
             quick
             and
             the
             dead
             ,
             together
             ,
             with
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Trinity
             in
             whose
             Name
             we
             are
             Baptised
             ,
             and
             the
             descent
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           we
           in
           our
           Church
           have
           a
           certain
           time
           appointed
           us
           every
           Year
           for
           the
           Teaching
           each
           of
           these
           ,
           and
           our
           Ministers
           do
           professedly
           handle
           each
           of
           them
           in
           their
           discourses
           on
           these
           times
           :
           So
           that
           every
           one
           who
           desireth
           to
           be
           informed
           concerning
           them
           is
           sure
           at
           a
           certain
           time
           of
           the
           Year
           to
           have
           a
           full
           discourse
           ,
           in
           every
           Parish
           ,
           on
           each
           of
           them
           ,
           in
           Order
           to
           the
           Explaining
           and
           Inculcating
           them
           ,
           with
           the
           uses
           and
           effects
           ,
        
         
           3.
           
           As
           to
           your
           Ministers
           there
           lies
           no
           Obligation
           on
           them
           to
           go
           thro'
           these
           Mysteries
           in
           any
           such
           time
           ,
           nor
           indeed
           in
           their
           whole
           Lives
           .
           And
           whereas
           Mr.
           Boyse
           alledges
           (
           p.
           83.
           )
           that
           
             The
             Directory
             requires
             that
             Ordinarily
             the
             subject
             of
             the
             Ministers
             Sermon
             
             shall
             be
             some
             Text
             of
             Scripture
             ,
             holding
             forth
             some
             principal
             or
             head
             of
             Religion
             .
          
           This
           Obligation
           is
           taken
           off
           by
           the
           following
           Words
           ,
           which
           are
           these
           ,
           
             or
             sutable
             to
             some
             special
             occasion
             emergent
             ,
             or
             he
             may
             go
             on
             in
             some
             Chapter
             ,
             Psalm
             ,
             or
             Book
             of
             the
             Scripture
             ,
             as
             he
             shall
             think
             fit
             .
          
           From
           whence
           it
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           the
           Directory
           lays
           no
           Obligation
           on
           your
           Ministers
           to
           handle
           professedly
           any
           of
           these
           Mysteries
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           have
           no
           Security
           ,
           other
           then
           the
           pleasure
           of
           your
           Ministers
           ,
           that
           you
           shall
           ever
           learn
           from
           their
           Publick
           Teaching
           all
           the
           Mysteries
           of
           your
           Religion
           .
        
         
           But
           Fourthly
           ,
           I
           have
           examined
           ,
           and
           put
           it
           to
           many
           of
           your
           Persuasion
           whether
           they
           ever
           heard
           any
           Minister
           of
           Yours
           that
           professedly
           made
           a
           whole
           discourse
           on
           the
           
             Trinity
             ,
             Conception
             ,
             Nativity
             ,
             Resurrection
             ,
          
           or
           
             Ascension
             of
             our
             Saviour
          
           ,
           or
           on
           his
           sending
           down
           the
           
             Holy
             Ghost
          
           ,
           and
           I
           do
           profess
           that
           I
           never
           yet
           amongst
           many
           met
           one
           Man
           that
           could
           satisfie
           me
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           or
           assure
           me
           that
           his
           Minister
           had
           done
           it
           .
           Which
           shews
           how
           dangerous
           a
           matter
           it
           is
           to
           leave
           these
           things
           to
           Men's
           choice
           .
           I
           heartily
           desire
           you
           that
           Read
           this
           ,
           to
           recollect
           your
           Memories
           ,
           and
           examine
           your
           own
           Consciences
           ,
           and
           say
           whether
           your
           Ministers
           do
           once
           every
           Year
           handle
           professedly
           each
           of
           these
           Mysteries
           ,
           as
           ours
           do
           ,
           and
           if
           they
           do
           not
           ,
           judge
           whether
           it
           be
           true
           that
           Mr.
           Boyse
           asserts
           (
           p.
           84.
           )
           
             That
             the
             peculiar
             Mysteries
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             are
             so
             much
             more
             frequently
             inculcated
             in
             your
             Sermons
             ,
             then
             ours
             ,
             as
             has
             occasioned
             some
             of
             you
             to
             reproach
             us
             ,
             as
             Preaching
             little
             but
             Morality
             .
          
           These
           I
           am
           sure
           are
           the
           greatest
           Mysteries
           peculiar
           to
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           professedly
           and
           indispensably
           taught
           in
           our
           Church
           once
           every
           Year
           :
           What
           ground
           can
           there
           then
           be
           to
           accuse
           us
           of
           teaching
           little
           but
           Morality
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           As
           to
           Mr
           
           Boyse's
           excuse
           for
           you
           in
           this
           behalf
           ,
           
             That
             there
             is
             no
             Scriptural
             Rule
             or
             Example
             prescribing
             
             to
             Ordinary
             Teachers
             the
             exact
             Order
             in
             which
             they
             should
             explain
             the
             Mysteries
             of
             Christian
             Religion
             to
             the
             people
             :
          
           I
           would
           desire
           you
           to
           observe
           that
           the
           Scripture
           obliges
           us
           to
           Teach
           them
           all
           these
           ,
           
             the
             whole
             Council
             of
             God
          
           ,
           and
           the
           same
           obliges
           us
           to
           do
           this
           and
           all
           other
           Religious
           performances
           
             in
             Order
          
           ,
           
           or
           
             according
             to
             an
             Order
          
           :
           There
           ought
           therefore
           to
           be
           in
           every
           Church
           an
           Order
           ,
           whereby
           every
           Teacher
           may
           be
           obliged
           to
           Teach
           them
           all
           in
           a
           competent
           time
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           in
           our
           Church
           ,
           and
           the
           Directory
           has
           manifestly
           failed
           in
           this
           ,
           having
           made
           no
           such
           Order
           ,
           but
           left
           it
           to
           the
           discretion
           of
           every
           Minister
           ,
           whether
           he
           will
           make
           any
           of
           these
           Mysteries
           his
           Subject
           in
           his
           whole
           Life
           ,
           and
           some
           have
           been
           so
           indiscreet
           as
           to
           Preach
           for
           half
           a
           Year
           ,
           nay
           ,
           a
           whole
           Year
           on
           the
           same
           Subject
           .
           I
           have
           seen
           many
           Sermons
           Printed
           by
           your
           Party
           ,
           and
           yet
           do
           not
           remember
           above
           2
           or
           3
           on
           these
           most
           necessary
           Subjects
           ;
           I
           am
           sure
           they
           bear
           no
           manner
           of
           proportion
           to
           Ours
           .
        
         
           A
           Fifth
           matter
           of
           Fact
           denied
           by
           Mr.
           Boyse
           ,
           is
           ,
           
             That
             hardly
             one
             in
             ten
             get
             your
             Catechism
             by
             heart
             ,
             nor
             one
             in
             five
             hundred
             retains
             it
             .
          
           On
           the
           contrary
           he
           affirms
           p.
           87.
           
           
             That
             he
             believes
             that
             if
             I
             make
             a
             more
             accurate
             Tryal
             I
             shall
             find
             as
             many
             of
             the
             Dissenters
             Children
             that
             have
             gotten
             their
             Catechism
             by
             heart
             ,
             as
             of
             others
             that
             have
             done
             so
             by
             the
             Church
             Catechism
             .
          
           I
           think
           I
           have
           had
           an
           Opportunity
           to
           inform
           my self
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           this
           matter
           so
           certainly
           that
           't
           is
           hardly
           possible
           for
           me
           to
           mistake
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           endeavour
           to
           make
           you
           sensible
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           my
           Computation
           .
        
         
           First
           then
           ,
           you
           know
           that
           you
           who
           refrain
           from
           the
           Established
           Church
           ,
           are
           here
           much
           more
           numerous
           then
           such
           as
           are
           conformable
           ,
           and
           have
           proportionably
           more
           Children
           ;
           yet
           besides
           Grown
           People
           ,
           I
           have
           Confirmed
           near
           a
           Thousand
           Children
           ,
           all
           above
           Thirteen
           Years
           old
           ,
           in
           Three
           Years
           since
           I
           came
           to
           this
           Diocess
           ;
           many
           of
           these
           I
           have
           Examined
           personally
           ,
           
           and
           always
           found
           them
           perfect
           in
           their
           Catechism
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           I
           did
           not
           Examine
           likewise
           were
           so
           ,
           as
           the
           Ministers
           that
           presented
           them
           assured
           me
           in
           the
           most
           solemn
           manner
           ,
           and
           I
           was
           also
           informed
           by
           several
           of
           these
           Ministers
           and
           by
           the
           Schoolmasters
           ,
           that
           most
           Children
           of
           Conformable
           Parents
           cou'd
           likewise
           say
           it
           ,
           tho'
           so
           young
           as
           not
           fit
           to
           be
           Confirmed
           .
           Now
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           produe
           me
           such
           a
           number
           of
           your
           Children
           that
           can
           say
           yours
           ,
           and
           I
           shall
           be
           very
           glad
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           Secondly
           ,
           if
           you
           look
           amongst
           your
           own
           Children
           ,
           perhaps
           you
           may
           find
           a
           pregnant
           Boy
           here
           or
           there
           that
           can
           say
           your
           Catechism
           intirely
           ,
           but
           the
           generality
           seldom
           can
           go
           above
           a
           leaf
           or
           two
           in
           it
           :
           'T
           is
           a
           great
           matter
           to
           find
           a
           Boy
           that
           can
           say
           it
           all
           ;
           and
           the
           Schoolmasters
           generally
           acknowledged
           to
           me
           ,
           that
           the
           Children
           forgot
           one
           part
           of
           it
           before
           they
           cou'd
           get
           another
           ;
           and
           the
           best
           account
           they
           cou'd
           give
           of
           the
           matter
           ,
           was
           ,
           that
           they
           were
           Learning
           it
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           generality
           are
           like
           to
           be
           for
           ever
           .
           I
           have
           made
           so
           many
           Trials
           of
           this
           in
           a
           whole
           School
           at
           a
           time
           ,
           that
           I
           can
           no
           longer
           doubt
           of
           the
           truth
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           it
           would
           be
           very
           odd
           for
           me
           to
           think
           to
           impose
           upon
           you
           who
           know
           so
           well
           all
           these
           things
           ,
           and
           whom
           I
           am
           desirous
           to
           Prevail
           on
           and
           Instruct
           ,
           and
           can
           hope
           to
           do
           it
           only
           by
           the
           Integrity
           of
           what
           I
           say
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           As
           to
           retaining
           it
           ,
           I
           doubt
           whether
           any
           do
           it
           at
           all
           after
           20.
           
           I
           tried
           not
           only
           a
           whole
           School
           at
           one
           time
           ,
           but
           the
           Schoolmaster
           also
           ,
           a
           Dissenter
           that
           Taught
           it
           .
           In
           one
           of
           my
           Parochial
           Visitations
           ,
           and
           amongst
           them
           all
           then
           present
           they
           could
           not
           give
           an
           answer
           to
           that
           Question
           in
           your
           Catechism
           ,
           
             What
             is
             Faith
             in
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           which
           was
           the
           first
           that
           came
           in
           my
           thoughts
           to
           ask
           them
           for
           a
           Trial
           ,
           and
           of
           this
           and
           several
           other
           like
           Passages
           I
           have
           many
           Witnesses
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Whereas
           Mr.
           Boyse
           affirms
           (
           p.
           85.
           )
           
             That
             there
             
             is
             not
             one
             of
             these
             persons
             in
             your
             Congregations
             come
             to
             years
             of
             age
             ,
             who
             is
             not
             once
             every
             Year
             constantly
             Instructed
             in
             the
             Principles
             of
             the
             Christian
             Religion
             ,
             and
             personally
             examin'd
             about
             his
             Knowledge
             of
             them
             .
          
           Pray
           consider
           a
           little
           seriously
           this
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ;
           I
           leave
           it
           with
           you
           ,
           and
           know
           what
           you
           must
           conclude
           ,
           and
           hope
           you
           will
           be
           so
           just
           to
           your selves
           as
           to
           determine
           of
           what
           Credit
           this
           Author
           ought
           to
           be
           in
           his
           Relations
           .
           I
           will
           not
           derogate
           from
           your
           Ministers
           Labour-in
           Catechising
           their
           people
           ,
           but
           notwithstanding
           their
           pains
           ,
           there
           are
           some
           Thousands
           of
           Men
           and
           Women
           in
           this
           Diocess
           that
           profess
           themselves
           of
           your
           Communion
           ,
           that
           were
           never
           Catechised
           by
           them
           ,
           and
           many
           are
           altogether
           ignorant
           of
           the
           Mysteries
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           insomuch
           as
           not
           to
           be
           able
           (
           as
           I
           observed
           before
           )
           to
           say
           their
           Creed
           ,
           the
           Lord's-Prayer
           ,
           or
           the
           Ten
           Commandments
           ,
           or
           to
           tell
           how
           many
           Persons
           are
           in
           the
           Godhead
           ,
           or
           who
           they
           are
           ,
           or
           who
           Redeemed
           them
           ,
           of
           which
           this
           very
           day
           ,
           in
           which
           I
           write
           this
           ,
           afforded
           me
           Two
           Examples
           of
           grown
           Men
           ,
           as
           indeed
           every
           day
           almost
           doth
           to
           my
           great
           trouble
           .
           As
           to
           your
           Ministers
           Examining
           ,
           their
           way
           indeed
           may
           discover
           who
           has
           their
           Catechism
           ,
           but
           is
           no
           way
           Fitted
           to
           teach
           those
           that
           have
           it
           not
           ,
           as
           ours
           doth
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           remember
           that
           there
           is
           no
           Rule
           in
           your
           Directory
           that
           requires
           your
           Ministers
           to
           Examine
           either
           Publickly
           or
           Privately
           :
           So
           that
           your
           Ministers
           performances
           in
           this
           point
           are
           voluntary
           ▪
           which
           is
           a
           great
           Defect
           :
           Whereas
           our
           Rules
           make
           Catechising
           a
           part
           of
           our
           Lord's-day
           Service
           ,
           and
           a
           settled
           Ordinance
           in
           our
           Publick
           Assemblies
           ,
           as
           it
           has
           ever
           been
           esteemed
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           that
           Mr.
           Boyse
           ,
           to
           excuse
           his
           great
           Defect
           ,
           puts
           me
           (
           p.
           84.
           )
           on
           
             producing
             some
             Precept
             or
             Example
             from
             Scripture
             ,
             requiring
             our
             Reading
             or
             Teaching
             a
             Summary
             of
             Principles
             in
             Publick
             ,
             distinct
             from
             Holy
             Scripture
             .
          
           I
           am
           content
           to
           put
           it
           on
           this
           
           issue
           ,
           and
           desire
           you
           to
           turn
           over
           your
           Bibles
           and
           compare
           2
           Tim.
           1.13
           .
           with
           Chap.
           2.
           
           Vers.
           2.
           and
           there
           you
           will
           find
           St.
           Paul
           commanding
           
             Timothy
             ,
             Hold
             fast
             the
             Form
             of
             Sound
             Words
             ,
             which
             thou
             hast
             heard
             of
             me
             —
             And
             the
             things
             thou
             hast
             heard
             of
             me
             among
             many
             Witnesses
             ,
             the
             same
             commit
             thou
             to
             Faithful
             Men
             ,
             who
             shall
             be
             able
             to
             Teach
             others
             .
          
           Here
           you
           find
           St.
           Paul
           delivered
           Timothy
           a
           Form
           of
           Sound
           Words
           publickly
           ,
           and
           commanded
           him
           to
           commit
           the
           same
           to
           others
           ,
           who
           shou'd
           Teach
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           St.
           Paul
           delivered
           it
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           before
           many
           Witnesses
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           Face
           of
           the
           Church
           .
           I
           hope
           no
           good
           Man
           will
           seek
           a
           plainer
           Proof
           ,
           for
           a
           thing
           that
           is
           so
           good
           and
           Commendable
           in
           it self
           ,
           so
           Edifying
           to
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           so
           constantly
           Retained
           in
           it
           ,
           till
           the
           Directory
           and
           your
           Practice
           left
           it
           out
           ,
           which
           I
           heartily
           wish
           you
           may
           amend
           .
        
         
           But
           Fifthly
           ,
           The
           greatest
           matter
           of
           Fact
           disputed
           ,
           and
           indeed
           of
           greatest
           Importance
           ,
           is
           ,
           
             The
             frequency
             of
             the
             Celebration
             of
             the
             Lord's-Supper
             amongst
             you
             .
          
           I
           took
           Notice
           (
           Chap.
           5.
           
           Sect.
           3.
           
           
           No.
           3.
           )
           
             That
             your
             Ministers
             rarely
             press
             you
             to
             Communicate
             ,
             that
             you
             have
             few
             Sermons
             ,
             or
             Discourses
             to
             that
             purpose
             ,
             and
             many
             of
             you
             condemn
             our
             Zeal
             for
             Endeavouring
             to
             restore
             the
             constant
             Communion
             precedented
             in
             Scripture
             —
             and
             did
             appeal
             to
             You
             whether
             it
             is
             not
             yet
             reckoned
             a
             great
             thing
             among
             many
             of
             you
             ,
             if
             once
             in
             a
             Year
             or
             two
             a
             Communion
             be
             Celebrated
             in
             one
             of
             Your
             Meetings
             ,
             nay
             ,
             it
             is
             often
             omitted
             for
             several
             Years
             together
             ,
             and
             in
             some
             places
             for
             ten
             or
             more
             .
          
        
         
           In
           Opposition
           to
           this
           Mr.
           Boyse
           affirms
           ,
           (
           p.
           136.
           )
        
         
           1.
           
           
             That
             it
             is
             Universally
             usual
             in
             every
             Meeting
             ,
             where
             an
             Ordained
             Minister
             is
             settled
             ,
             to
             have
             the
             Lord's-Supper
             Administred
             constantly
             once
             a
             Year
             ,
             and
             twice
             in
             the
             larger
             Towns.
             
          
        
         
           2.
           
           
             That
             the
             Generality
             of
             You
             (
             as
             he
             is
             assured
             )
             do
             Communicate
             four
             or
             five
             times
             a
             Year
             ,
          
        
         
           3.
           
           
             That
             all
             of
             you
             have
             the
             Opportunity
             of
             doing
             it
          
           10
           
           12
           ,
           or
           15
           
             times
             a
             Year
             ,
             if
             you
             will
             take
             the
             Advantage
             of
             Receiving
             it
             as
             often
             as
             't
             is
             Administred
             within
             a
             few
             Miles
             of
             your
             Respective
             Habitations
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           
             That
             there
             is
             not
             one
             in
             ten
             ,
             or
             rather
             in
          
           20
           or
           30
           
             that
             do
             not
             receive
             ,
             except
             such
             as
             are
             with-held
             for
             want
             of
             competent
             knowledge
             ,
             or
             the
             account
             of
             Scandal
             .
          
        
         
           5.
           
           
             That
             those
             who
             Communicate
             once
             ,
             do
             it
             Ordinarily
             on
             all
             following
             Occasions
             .
          
        
         
           6.
           
           (
           P.
           134
           )
           
             That
             the
             generality
             of
             your
             Ministers
             Administer
             this
             Sacrament
             far
             oftner
             then
             the
             generality
             of
             the
             Conforming
             Clergy
             .
          
        
         
           7.
           
           (
           P.
           137
           )
           
             That
             he
             doth
             not
             see
             with
             what
             Tolerable
             Justice
             I
             could
             upbraid
             you
             with
             your
             rare
             or
             no
             Communion
             ,
             when
             the
             Members
             of
             your
             Meetings
             do
             generally
             Communicate
             much
             oftner
             then
             the
             Members
             of
             the
             Parish
             Churches
             .
          
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           (
           p.
           134
           )
           
             That
             too
             many
             prostigate
             Sinners
             and
             Swine
             are
             admitted
             in
             the
             Parish
             Churches
             .
          
        
         
           These
           are
           a
           few
           of
           those
           things
           he
           asserts
           on
           this
           head
           ;
           and
           gives
           me
           many
           hard
           words
           for
           asserting
           the
           contrary
           :
           Bu●
           it
           will
           be
           no
           difficult
           matter
           for
           You
           to
           judge
           who
           is
           in
           the
           right
           .
           I
           have
           (
           as
           I
           believe
           't
           will
           be
           owned
           )
           as
           good
           Opportunity
           of
           informing
           my self
           in
           these
           matters
           as
           any
           one
           can
           have
           ;
           and
           have
           been
           as
           diligent
           in
           my
           Enquiries
           in
           my
           Progresses
           thro'
           the
           several
           Parishes
           ,
           and
           on
           all
           occasions
           as
           I
           could
           ;
           and
           I
           have
           had
           the
           following
           Account
           returned
           me
           from
           many
           hands
           ,
           and
           am
           satisfied
           there
           can
           be
           no
           very
           great
           mistake
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           in
           the
           last
           Seven
           Years
           the
           Lords-Supper
           has
           been
           Celebrated
           amongst
           you
           .
           
             
               In
               Londonderry
               twice
            
             
               2
            
             
               In
               Clondermot
               once
            
             
               1
            
             
               At
               Ballindret
               once
            
             
               1
            
             
               At
               Ballikelly
               once
            
             
               1
            
             
               At
               Burt
               twice
            
             
               2
            
             
               
               At
               Ardstra
               once
            
             
               1
            
             
               At
               Ahadowy
               once
            
             
               1
            
             
               In
               all
            
             
               9
               times
               .
            
          
           So
           that
           in
           this
           whole
           Diocess
           it
           has
           been
           Celebrated
           by
           you
           but
           about
           9
           times
           in
           7
           Years
           ,
           some
           of
           which
           being
           times
           of
           Affliction
           ,
           required
           a
           more
           frequent
           Celebration
           of
           this
           comfortable
           Sacrament
           then
           ordinary
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           At
           each
           of
           these
           we
           will
           suppose
           there
           have
           Received
           one
           with
           another
           about
           400
           ,
           tho'
           my
           Informations
           allow
           not
           so
           many
           ,
           so
           that
           in
           7
           Years
           there
           may
           be
           computed
           to
           have
           Received
           3600
           in
           this
           Diocess
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           In
           the
           Established
           Church
           ,
           since
           I
           came
           to
           the
           Diocess
           ,
           which
           is
           about
           3
           Years
           and
           2
           Months
           ,
           the
           Lord's-Supper
           has
           been
           Administred
           
             
               In
               the
               Cathedral
               ,
               about
            
             
               43
               times
               .
            
             
               In
               the
               Parish-Churches
               for
               the
               first
               Year
               ,
               about
            
             
               78
            
             
               For
               the
               Second
               Year
               ,
               about
            
             
               103
            
             
               For
               the
               Third
               Year
               ,
               about
            
             
               162
            
             
               In
               all
            
             
               386
               times
               .
            
          
           So
           in
           the
           Established
           Church
           the
           Holy
           Sacrament
           has
           been
           Administred
           in
           this
           Diocess
           in
           3
           Years
           and
           2
           Months
           ,
           about
           386
           times
           ;
           that
           is
           about
           43
           times
           for
           once
           you
           have
           had
           it
           in
           Your
           Meetings
           in
           near
           Seven
           Years
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           As
           to
           the
           Number
           of
           Communicants
           in
           the
           Established
           Church
           ,
           I
           cannot
           give
           an
           Exact
           Computation
           ;
           but
           as
           to
           the
           Cathedral
           ,
           where
           I
           have
           ,
           for
           the
           most
           part
           ,
           Officiated
           my self
           ,
           I
           can
           give
           this
           Account
           .
        
         
           
             At
             4
             
               Easter
               Sacraments
            
             ,
             one
             with
             another
             ,
             above
             200.
             
             In
             all
          
           
             800
          
           
             
             At
             3
             
               Christmas
               Sacraments
            
             ,
             and
             3
             Whit-Sundays
             ,
             one
             with
             another
             ,
             above
             100
             at
             a
             time
             .
          
           
             600
          
           
             At
             33
             
               Monthly
               Sacraments
            
             ,
             one
             with
             another
             50
          
           
             1650
          
           
             In
             all
          
           
             3050
          
        
         
           From
           which
           it
           is
           manifest
           ,
           that
           near
           as
           many
           have
           Received
           in
           one
           Parish
           in
           this
           Diocess
           in
           about
           three
           Years
           time
           ,
           as
           with
           you
           in
           the
           whole
           Diocess
           in
           twice
           that
           time
           ;
           notwithstanding
           the
           numerousness
           of
           those
           that
           are
           of
           your
           Profession
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           As
           to
           the
           larger
           Towns
           ,
           I
           can
           call
           only
           3
           such
           in
           this
           part
           of
           the
           Country
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           Londonderry
           and
           Strabane
           in
           this
           Diocess
           ,
           and
           Colerain
           on
           the
           Border
           of
           it
           .
           Now
           as
           to
           Londonderry
           it
           has
           had
           this
           Sacrament
           Administred
           but
           twice
           in
           it
           in
           6
           or
           7
           Years
           ;
           and
           Colerain
           but
           once
           in
           that
           time
           ;
           and
           as
           to
           Strabane
           ,
           tho
           it
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           other
           had
           a
           settled
           Minister
           in
           it
           before
           ,
           and
           some
           time
           since
           the
           Troubles
           ,
           yet
           I
           am
           informed
           from
           good
           hands
           that
           in
           26
           years
           ,
           last
           past
           ,
           the
           Lord's-Supper
           has
           been
           Administred
           but
           twice
           in
           it
           ;
           And
           I
           have
           the
           more
           reason
           to
           believe
           this
           ,
           because
           your
           Sacraments
           are
           Administred
           with
           so
           great
           a
           concourse
           of
           Spectators
           and
           Hearers
           ,
           besides
           those
           that
           Receive
           ,
           that
           they
           can
           hardly
           escape
           Observation
           ;
           which
           would
           have
           been
           reckoned
           a
           Profanation
           of
           this
           Holy
           Mystery
           in
           the
           Primitive
           times
           ;
           and
           is
           in
           earnest
           an
           abuse
           brought
           in
           by
           Popery
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           If
           it
           be
           true
           what
           he
           affirms
           with
           assurance
           ,
           that
           the
           generality
           of
           you
           Communicate
           4
           or
           5
           times
           in
           a
           Year
           ,
           it
           will
           clearly
           follow
           ,
           That
           not
           much
           above
           a
           hundred
           distinct
           Persons
           in
           all
           have
           Communicated
           in
           this
           Diocess
           these
           last
           seven
           Years
           .
           For
           4
           times
           7
           make
           28
           ;
           and
           3600
           (
           the
           number
           of
           your
           Communicants
           in
           7
           Years
           )
           divided
           by
           28
           ,
           gives
           about
           128
           ;
           the
           Number
           of
           the
           distinct
           Persons
           that
           have
           Communicated
           amongst
           you
           in
           7
           Years
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           
           Computation
           ;
           but
           this
           can
           by
           no
           means
           be
           true
           ,
           and
           therefore
           he
           is
           certainly
           Misinformed
           in
           this
           particular
           .
        
         
           7.
           
           We
           will
           allow
           then
           ,
           that
           every
           distinct
           Person
           Communicated
           but
           5
           times
           in
           these
           7
           Years
           ,
           and
           then
           there
           Communicated
           640
           distinct
           Persons
           in
           that
           time
           :
           From
           which
           it
           clearly
           follows
           ,
           that
           not
           one
           in
           twenty
           of
           you
           Communicate
           at
           all
           ,
           there
           being
           above
           13000
           of
           your
           Persuasion
           in
           the
           Diocess
           of
           competent
           Age
           for
           the
           Communion
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           makes
           his
           Mistake
           manifest
           in
           his
           asserting
           that
           
             Not
             one
             in
             ten
             ,
             rather
             in
          
           20
           or
           30
           ,
           
             but
             Communicate
             ,
             except
             such
             as
             are
             with-held
             for
             want
             of
             competent
             knowledge
             ,
             or
             on
             account
             of
             scandal
             .
          
           This
           is
           a
           great
           Reflection
           on
           you
           ,
           and
           far
           from
           the
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           viz.
           that
           19
           in
           20
           of
           your
           Persuasion
           should
           be
           with-held
           from
           the
           Communion
           on
           one
           of
           these
           two
           Accounts
           .
           I
           hope
           there
           are
           not
           near
           so
           many
           amongst
           you
           that
           are
           either
           Scandalous
           ,
           or
           grosly
           ignorant
           ,
           for
           tho'
           I
           believe
           one
           in
           500
           of
           you
           do
           not
           retain
           the
           Assemblies
           Catechism
           ,
           so
           as
           either
           to
           Repeat
           or
           give
           an
           Account
           of
           it
           ,
           yet
           I
           am
           far
           from
           thinking
           all
           such
           want
           competent
           knowledge
           for
           the
           Sacrament
           ;
           for
           which
           a
           very
           little
           knowledge
           (
           at
           least
           of
           many
           things
           contain'd
           in
           your
           Catechism
           )
           I
           believe
           is
           sufficient
           ,
           with
           a
           Holy
           Heart
           and
           inoffensive
           Conversation
           :
           And
           God
           forbid
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           that
           great
           number
           who
           do
           not
           Receive
           ,
           should
           be
           Scandalous
           ;
           otherwise
           then
           as
           they
           are
           so
           by
           not
           Receiving
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           As
           to
           his
           Affirming
           
             That
             all
             you
             have
             the
             Opportunities
             of
             Communicating
             Ten
             ,
             Twelve
             or
             Fifteen
             times
             in
             the
             Year
             ,
             if
             you
             will
             take
             the
             Advantage
             of
             Receiving
             it
             as
             often
             as
             't
             is
             Administred
             within
             a
             few
             Miles
             of
             your
             Respective
             Habitations
             .
          
           The
           Mistake
           of
           this
           Evidently
           appears
           from
           the
           former
           Computation
           ;
           and
           will
           further
           appear
           if
           you
           consider
           that
           there
           are
           but
           9
           Meetings
           in
           this
           Diocess
           ,
           which
           has
           as
           
           great
           a
           Proportion
           to
           the
           Parish-Churches
           as
           any
           in
           the
           North.
           Now
           let
           us
           suppose
           the
           Lords-Supper
           Celebrated
           in
           each
           of
           these
           once
           in
           the
           Year
           ;
           and
           suppose
           likewise
           each
           Communicant
           came
           to
           each
           Communion
           ;
           Yet
           even
           so
           he
           could
           have
           but
           9
           times
           an
           Opportunity
           in
           a
           Year
           ,
           and
           must
           Travel
           Forty
           Miles
           for
           a
           Sacrament
           :
           And
           this
           whole
           Diocess
           may
           as
           conveniently
           Communicate
           12
           or
           14
           times
           in
           the
           Year
           at
           the
           Cathedral
           of
           Derry
           ,
           as
           at
           any
           of
           your
           Meeting-Houses
           .
        
         
           9.
           
           As
           to
           the
           Practice
           of
           Dissenters
           else-where
           ,
           I
           am
           not
           much
           concerned
           in
           it
           ;
           having
           Addressed
           my self
           only
           to
           you
           of
           my
           Diocess
           ,
           but
           you
           may
           conclude
           the
           Probability
           of
           what
           he
           says
           concerning
           them
           ,
           from
           the
           account
           he
           gives
           of
           your
           own
           Practice
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           true
           which
           he
           Affirms
           (
           p.
           135.
           )
           
             That
             as
             to
             the
             Meetings
             in
          
           England
           
             and
             the
             South
             of
          
           Ireland
           ,
           
             where
             Pastors
             are
             Settled
             ,
             the
             most
             of
             them
             constantly
             Celebrate
             the
          
           Lord's
           -
           
             Supper
             once
             a
             Month
             ,
             others
             once
             in
             Six
             Weeks
             or
             Two
             Months
             ,
             and
             a
             few
             once
             every
             Lord's-day
             .
          
           Their
           Practice
           is
           much
           altered
           from
           what
           it
           was
           formerly
           ;
           for
           when
           the
           Churches
           were
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           it
           was
           quite
           otherwise
           ;
           St.
           
           Warburgh's
           was
           a
           Considerable
           Parish
           in
           the
           heart
           of
           Dublin
           ,
           and
           was
           supplied
           by
           Considerable
           Men
           constantly
           as
           to
           Preaching
           ;
           but
           from
           the
           Year
           1650
           ,
           when
           Doctor
           Sibalds
           their
           Episcopal
           Minister
           Dyed
           ,
           till
           the
           Year
           1662
           ,
           that
           is
           for
           near
           12
           Years
           ,
           the
           Lord's-Supper
           was
           not
           Administred
           in
           it
           at
           all
           ;
           as
           appears
           ,
           sufficiently
           from
           the
           Vestry-Books
           ,
           and
           the
           Testimony
           of
           several
           Surviving
           Inhabitants
           ,
           from
           whom
           I
           had
           the
           information
           ,
           having
           been
           Minister
           there
           my self
           Ten
           Years
           ;
           and
           I
           have
           heard
           the
           like
           of
           some
           other
           Churches
           in
           Dublin
           at
           that
           time
           .
           I
           find
           the
           same
           observed
           concerning
           the
           whole
           University
           of
           Oxford
           ,
           from
           the
           time
           the
           Episcopal
           Ministers
           were
           Ejected
           Aug.
           1648
           ,
           till
           they
           were
           Restor'd
           again
           Anno
           1660
           ,
           being
           12
           Years
           ,
           
             Antiquit.
             Oxon.
          
           And
           I
           have
           had
           an
           
           Opportunity
           to
           enquire
           concerning
           the
           Dissenters
           Practice
           in
           Waterford
           before
           the
           Troubles
           ;
           and
           am
           told
           ,
           that
           they
           did
           not
           Communicate
           above
           once
           in
           the
           Year
           ,
           if
           so
           often
           :
           Mr.
           Boyse
           had
           need
           therefore
           to
           produce
           good
           Vouchers
           for
           his
           Assertion
           ,
           or
           we
           must
           reckon
           it
           in
           the
           same
           Rank
           with
           his
           Account
           of
           what
           is
           done
           amongst
           you
           .
        
         
           10.
           
           As
           to
           his
           Asserting
           that
           many
           profligate
           
             Sinners
             and
             Swine
          
           are
           admitted
           in
           the
           Parish
           Churches
           ;
           and
           (
           page
           137
           )
           that
           the
           Parish
           Ministers
           take
           no
           such
           pains
           with
           the
           People
           as
           yours
           :
           I
           shall
           only
           offer
           these
           things
           ;
           First
           ,
           If
           one
           such
           be
           admitted
           ,
           it
           is
           too
           many
           ;
           but
           we
           ought
           to
           be
           very
           Charitable
           in
           that
           point
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           better
           to
           admit
           Ten
           who
           Earnestly
           desire
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           and
           Receive
           it
           with
           Appearing
           Devotion
           and
           Reverence
           ,
           tho'
           their
           Hearts
           be
           false
           ,
           than
           exclude
           one
           that
           is
           intitled
           to
           it
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           Comparisons
           are
           odious
           ,
           yet
           I
           dare
           Appeal
           to
           your selves
           who
           differ
           from
           us
           ,
           whether
           ,
           generally
           Speaking
           ▪
           the
           Conformable
           People
           who
           Receive
           the
           Sacrament
           are
           not
           as
           lust
           ,
           as
           Charitable
           ,
           as
           Sober
           ,
           as
           Sensible
           of
           their
           Duty
           to
           God
           and
           to
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           as
           your selves
           ;
           and
           whether
           you
           dare
           not
           Trust
           them
           in
           Matters
           of
           Honesty
           and
           Truth
           as
           far
           as
           you
           dare
           trust
           one
           another
           :
           my
           Office
           gives
           me
           some
           advantage
           towards
           knowing
           these
           things
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           Strictest
           Enquiry
           ,
           I
           must
           profess
           that
           I
           neither
           know
           nor
           hear
           of
           any
           such
           come
           to
           the
           Holy
           Table
           :
           and
           truly
           the
           Devotion
           with
           which
           they
           generally
           come
           is
           so
           great
           ,
           and
           seems
           so
           Unaffected
           ,
           that
           I
           must
           profess
           my self
           greatly
           Edifyed
           by
           it
           :
           And
           it
           appears
           to
           me
           that
           the
           innocency
           of
           their
           Lives
           is
           answerable
           ;
           and
           therefore
           Mr.
           Boyse
           has
           in
           this
           been
           very
           Uncharitable
           and
           Unjust
           to
           the
           Conformable
           persons
           amongst
           us
           ,
           and
           except
           he
           can
           Instance
           some
           of
           these
           profligate
           
             Sinners
             and
             Swine
          
           admitted
           to
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           he
           can
           never
           acquit
           himself
           to
           them
           ;
           nor
           to
           so
           considerable
           a
           Body
           as
           our
           
           whole
           Church
           ,
           on
           which
           he
           has
           cast
           a
           Reflection
           .
        
         
           As
           to
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           if
           their
           Pains
           may
           be
           Estimated
           by
           the
           Fruits
           of
           Mercy
           ,
           Justice
           and
           Truth
           amongst
           their
           People
           ,
           and
           if
           their
           People
           's
           often
           Offering
           themselves
           to
           come
           to
           the
           Lord's-Supper
           be
           any
           Test
           ,
           they
           surely
           are
           not
           behind
           your
           Ministers
           .
           Their
           Publick
           Labours
           are
           as
           great
           as
           any
           Examples
           of
           Scripture
           or
           Antiquity
           recommend
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           more
           would
           only
           Weary
           the
           People
           ;
           and
           as
           to
           Private
           Diligence
           ,
           reckon
           when
           you
           will
           ,
           and
           you
           'll
           find
           them
           as
           often
           at
           Sick-Beds
           ,
           and
           in
           Private
           Visits
           to
           their
           People
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           as
           often
           Instruct
           ,
           Reprove
           ,
           Advise
           and
           Admonish
           ,
           as
           yours
           do
           you
           .
           I
           will
           not
           push
           this
           any
           further
           ,
           or
           Concur
           with
           the
           Observation
           of
           those
           who
           pretend
           to
           assure
           us
           ,
           that
           Enmity
           to
           the
           Established
           Religion
           ,
           and
           Immoralities
           ,
           are
           gotten
           on
           one
           side
           in
           too
           many
           instances
           ;
           only
           of
           this
           I
           wou'd
           put
           you
           in
           mind
           ,
           That
           whoever
           refuses
           to
           Communicate
           with
           a
           Church
           in
           Prayers
           or
           Sacraments
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Corruption
           of
           its
           Members
           or
           Discipline
           ,
           ought
           to
           be
           well
           assured
           of
           their
           own
           Holiness
           and
           Strictness
           of
           Walking
           .
        
         
           11.
           
           Whereas
           he
           Alledges
           (
           p.
           134.
           )
           that
           your
           Ministers
           
             press
             the
             Receiving
          
           the
           Lord's-Supper
           more
           than
           the
           Conformable
           Clergy
           ;
           and
           reckons
           my
           saying
           ,
           that
           your
           Ministers
           rarely
           Press
           the
           People
           to
           Communion
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           have
           few
           Sermons
           or
           Discourses
           to
           that
           purpose
           ,
           
             a
             groundless
             Accusation
          
           ,
           denying
           the
           Truth
           of
           it
           :
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           there
           are
           some
           of
           your
           Party
           have
           Written
           on
           this
           Subject
           professedly
           ,
           but
           I
           have
           seen
           few
           of
           them
           ,
           neither
           do
           I
           believe
           them
           to
           be
           in
           any
           proportion
           comparable
           to
           the
           number
           of
           ours
           ,
           of
           which
           I
           have
           near
           80
           by
           me
           ;
           and
           as
           to
           your
           Sermons
           and
           Discourses
           ,
           if
           they
           press
           the
           Receiving
           of
           it
           oftner
           than
           it
           is
           prest
           by
           us
           ,
           your
           Ministers
           are
           very
           unsuccessful
           in
           their
           Exhortations
           ,
           since
           't
           is
           manifest
           by
           the
           effects
           ,
           that
           so
           few
           are
           prevailed
           on
           by
           them
           ;
           I
           am
           rather
           apt
           to
           believe
           that
           
           they
           have
           not
           yet
           made
           it
           so
           much
           their
           business
           as
           they
           ought
           ;
           or
           at
           least
           that
           they
           have
           not
           taken
           the
           right
           means
           to
           perswade
           their
           Hearers
           :
           By
           the
           account
           I
           have
           had
           of
           their
           Sermons
           ,
           they
           rather
           tend
           to
           deterr
           poor
           weak
           Creatures
           then
           encourage
           them
           ,
           by
           Magnifying
           the
           difficulty
           and
           danger
           of
           the
           Undertaking
           .
        
         
           And
           tho'
           Mr.
           Boyse
           Affirms
           in
           your
           Names
           (
           p.
           137.
           )
           that
           you
           know
           not
           one
           instance
           of
           
             a
             Person
             counted
             truly
             Religious
          
           amongst
           you
           ,
           that
           lives
           to
           
             Thirty
             or
             Forty
             Years
             without
          
           Receiving
           ,
           yet
           I
           cannot
           believe
           that
           you
           will
           consent
           to
           this
           ;
           since
           there
           are
           in
           truth
           so
           many
           instances
           of
           that
           kind
           among
           you
           ,
           and
           I
           could
           ,
           if
           I
           thought
           fit
           ,
           name
           a
           reputed
           Professor
           ,
           and
           a
           great
           Stickler
           in
           your
           Cause
           ,
           who
           is
           of
           that
           Age
           ,
           and
           not
           only
           never
           Received
           ,
           but
           Disputes
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           blames
           our
           Pressing
           it
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           met
           with
           many
           who
           do
           so
           too
           .
           In
           short
           ,
           I
           know
           many
           Professors
           that
           neither
           seem
           ill
           Men
           ,
           as
           to
           their
           Lives
           ,
           nor
           grosly
           ignorant
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           Circumstances
           ,
           and
           their
           Conversation
           has
           infected
           some
           of
           our
           own
           .
        
         
           To
           conclude
           ,
           It
           were
           as
           easie
           to
           shew
           that
           Mr.
           Boyse
           is
           as
           much
           mistaken
           in
           every
           matter
           of
           Fact
           ,
           wherein
           he
           hath
           charged
           me
           with
           Falshood
           ,
           as
           in
           these
           ;
           but
           the
           designed
           shortness
           of
           this
           Admonition
           ,
           will
           not
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           pursue
           them
           :
           These
           are
           certainly
           sufficient
           to
           shew
           the
           Credit
           he
           deserves
           in
           his
           other
           Assertions
           .
        
         
           Let
           me
           further
           put
           you
           in
           mind
           that
           I
           am
           your
           Bishop
           ,
           and
           believe
           my self
           Obliged
           to
           inspect
           and
           enquire
           into
           your
           Practices
           ,
           and
           reprove
           you
           where
           I
           perceive
           or
           believe
           you
           to
           be
           Mis-lead
           :
           And
           I
           verily
           hope
           by
           your
           having
           had
           your
           Sacraments
           oftner
           last
           Year
           than
           formerly
           ,
           that
           my
           publick
           Discourses
           in
           every
           Parish
           did
           contribute
           to
           awaken
           you
           towards
           it
           ,
           of
           which
           I
           am
           heartily
           glad
           ;
           but
           Mr.
           Boyse
           has
           nothing
           to
           do
           with
           you
           or
           me
           ;
           and
           as
           he
           interposes
           himself
           without
           any
           Call
           or
           Reason
           ,
           so
           he
           Writes
           
           either
           without
           any
           ,
           or
           on
           very
           partial
           information
           .
        
         
           I
           knew
           these
           things
           before
           ,
           but
           I
           never
           design'd
           to
           Publish
           them
           ,
           as
           looking
           on
           them
           to
           be
           apt
           to
           give
           Offence
           ,
           but
           if
           you
           will
           look
           over
           Mr.
           
           Boyse's
           Book
           ,
           you
           will
           be
           convinced
           that
           there
           is
           now
           a
           necessity
           on
           me
           to
           lay
           them
           open
           in
           my
           own
           Justification
           ,
           and
           I
           hope
           there
           may
           be
           something
           of
           Providence
           in
           it
           ,
           since
           it
           may
           be
           a
           means
           to
           open
           your
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           let
           you
           see
           that
           your
           Practice
           in
           Worshipping
           God
           has
           been
           such
           ,
           as
           your
           very
           Advocate
           dares
           not
           undertake
           to
           defend
           it
           ,
           but
           denies
           the
           most
           plain
           Matters
           of
           Fact
           ,
           and
           that
           your
           Ministers
           have
           not
           been
           so
           diligent
           to
           warn
           you
           of
           these
           Omissions
           as
           might
           have
           been
           expected
           from
           them
           .
           If
           they
           had
           been
           as
           careful
           to
           keep
           you
           to
           the
           Scripture
           Rules
           and
           Christ's
           Institutions
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           been
           studious
           to
           gain
           and
           keep
           you
           from
           joining
           with
           Us
           ,
           you
           had
           not
           lain
           under
           the
           present
           Objections
           ,
           which
           I
           fear
           must
           prove
           Scandalous
           to
           all
           that
           profess
           Christianity
           .
        
         
           I
           thought
           here
           to
           have
           Concluded
           what
           I
           intended
           to
           say
           at
           this
           time
           concerning
           Mr.
           
           Boyse's
           Remarks
           ;
           but
           I
           find
           it
           may
           be
           convenient
           further
           to
           add
           some
           few
           Observations
           concerning
           the
           Method
           Mr.
           Boyse
           has
           taken
           to
           defeat
           the
           design
           of
           my
           Book
           ,
           and
           to
           hinder
           you
           from
           joining
           with
           us
           in
           our
           
             Ordinary
             Lord's-day
             Worship
          
           ,
           by
           the
           new
           Rules
           and
           Exceptions
           he
           lays
           down
           ;
           and
           by
           what
           he
           objects
           ,
           particularly
           concerning
           
             Our
             use
             of
             the
             Sign
             of
             the
             Cross
             in
             Baptism
          
           ;
           which
           he
           wou'd
           have
           you
           believe
           that
           I
           omitted
           ,
           because
           I
           was
           not
           able
           to
           defend
           it
           .
        
         
           Before
           I
           proceed
           to
           these
           ,
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           consider
           that
           it
           was
           incumbent
           on
           one
           that
           would
           defend
           your
           Cause
           against
           my
           Book
           
             to
             have
             justified
             your
             way
             of
             Worship
             ,
             by
             shewing
             that
             your
             manner
             of
             performing
             the
             several
             parts
             of
             it
             ,
             as
             distinguisht
             from
             ours
             ,
             is
             warranted
             by
             Scripture-Precept
             ,
             or
             Precedent
             ,
             or
             by
             direct
             consequence
             from
             thence
             .
          
           For
           there
           appears
           
           no
           reason
           for
           your
           absenting
           your selves
           from
           our
           Worship
           ,
           except
           your
           own
           be
           more
           expresly
           warranted
           by
           the
           Word
           of
           God.
           But
           instead
           of
           undertaking
           this
           Task
           ,
           Mr.
           Boyse
           argues
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           condemns
           the
           Rule
           as
           common
           only
           with
           
             wild
             Sectaries
          
           (
           such
           he
           calls
           
             the
             Quakers
          
           ,
           p.
           7.
           )
           But
           as
           strict
           as
           the
           Rule
           appears
           ,
           I
           have
           justified
           all
           the
           particular
           ways
           of
           Worship
           to
           which
           I
           invited
           you
           ,
           by
           it
           .
           And
           if
           Mr.
           Boyse
           could
           have
           done
           the
           same
           for
           yours
           ,
           he
           needed
           not
           have
           declined
           the
           Rule
           .
           But
           he
           seems
           conscious
           that
           your
           ways
           of
           Worship
           are
           not
           defensible
           on
           this
           principle
           :
           And
           therefore
           he
           endeavours
           to
           furnish
           you
           with
           other
           principles
           for
           your
           own
           defence
           ▪
           and
           other
           objections
           against
           your
           joining
           in
           our
           Worship
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           I.
           He
           gives
           you
           another
           Rule
           for
           the
           ordering
           of
           God's
           Service
           .
        
         
           II.
           He
           endeavours
           to
           perswade
           you
           that
           the
           greatest
           Exception
           you
           have
           against
           joining
           with
           us
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           
             matter
             of
             Worship
          
           .
        
         
           III.
           And
           Thirdly
           ,
           He
           alledges
           that
           I
           have
           omitted
           to
           handle
           that
           part
           of
           Worship
           ,
           against
           which
           you
           have
           greatest
           Exception
           ,
           and
           that
           because
           I
           could
           not
           defend
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           consider
           a
           little
           with
           me
           what
           he
           says
           on
           each
           of
           these
           Heads
           :
        
         
           I.
           And
           first
           ,
           As
           to
           his
           new
           Rule
           of
           Worship
           ,
           you
           will
           find
           it
           ,
           p.
           7.
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           
             Modes
             and
             Circumstances
             of
             Divine
             Worship
             —
             tho'
             necessary
             in
             general
             by
             divine
             Precepts
             ,
             yet
             are
             left
             in
             particular
             to
             be
             determined
             by
             Human
             Prudence
             .
             For
             tho'
             God
             has
             commanded
          
           Publick
           Prayers
           ,
           Praises
           ,
           Hearing
           ,
           Celebration
           of
           the
           Lord's-Supper
           ,
           
             &c.
             yet
             what
             time
             or
             place
             we
             shall
             Assemble
             in
             ,
             in
             what
             order
             these
             parts
             of
             Worship
             shall
             be
             performed
             ,
             What
             particular
             devout
             posture
             we
             shall
             use
             ,
             among
             several
             equally
             expressive
             of
             our
             Religious
             Reverence
             :
             What
             Translation
             of
             the
             Bible
             ,
             or
             Version
             of
             the
             Psalms
             we
             shall
             choose
             ;
             What
             portion
             of
             Scriptures
             
             shall
             be
             read
             ,
             explained
             ,
             or
             applyed
             ;
             What
             Utensils
             shall
             be
             imployed
             in
             the
             Celebration
             of
             the
             Sacraments
             ,
             and
             a
             Multitude
             of
             such
             Circumstances
             ,
             and
             Modes
             of
             that
             kind
             are
             left
             to
             Human
             Determination
             ;
             only
             therein
             the
             general
             Rules
             of
             Scripture
             must
             be
             regarded
             .
          
           And
           of
           this
           he
           gives
           an
           Example
           or
           two
           ,
           p.
           9.
           
           
             God
             has
             commanded
             us
             to
             pray
             ,
             but
             he
             has
             no
             where
             expresly
             determined
             whether
             we
             shall
             pray
             with
             or
             without
             a
             Set
             Form
             of
             Words
             ;
             both
             ways
             of
             Praying
             therefore
             may
             be
             Lawful
             .
          
           The
           consequence
           from
           which
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           
             Human
             Prudence
          
           must
           determine
           which
           way
           is
           to
           be
           used
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           Mr.
           
           Boyse's
           great
           Rule
           ,
           which
           he
           takes
           for
           granted
           ;
           and
           allows
           it
           is
           only
           by
           it
           that
           your
           way
           of
           praising
           God
           ,
           Praying
           to
           him
           ,
           Reading
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           Sitting
           at
           your
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           omitting
           the
           constant
           ordinary
           Celebration
           of
           the
           Lord's-Supper
           ,
           can
           be
           justified
           .
        
         
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           observe
           the
           Rule
           well
           ,
           and
           to
           compare
           it
           with
           your
           former
           Opinions
           in
           this
           point
           ;
           and
           resolve
           whether
           you
           would
           have
           easily
           accepted
           such
           a
           Rule
           from
           Me.
           
        
         
           I
           desire
           you
           further
           to
           observe
           ,
           That
           tho'
           our
           way
           of
           Ordinary
           Worship
           needs
           not
           this
           Rule
           to
           justifie
           it
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           shewed
           in
           my
           Book
           ;
           yet
           this
           Rule
           fully
           doth
           it
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           parts
           mentioned
           in
           my
           Book
           :
           And
           I
           do
           not
           find
           Mr.
           Boyse
           denies
           it
           ;
           or
           that
           he
           condemns
           any
           one
           as
           absolutely
           unlawful
           ,
           in
           our
           
             Ordinary
             Lords-day
             Worship
          
           .
           And
           indeed
           it
           justifies
           not
           only
           our
           
             Ordinary
             Worship
          
           ,
           but
           many
           other
           things
           that
           I
           did
           not
           touch
           .
           For
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           If
           the
           determination
           of
           Time
           for
           Publick
           Worship
           be
           left
           to
           
             Human
             Prudence
          
           ,
           you
           can
           have
           no
           exception
           against
           our
           
             Holy
             Days
          
           ,
           as
           unlawful
           ;
           for
           we
           have
           in
           them
           ,
           used
           our
           Prudence
           to
           determine
           that
           God
           shall
           be
           in
           a
           particular
           manner
           ●●anked
           and
           praised
           on
           certain
           Sett
           times
           ,
           for
           the
           Birth
           ,
           Conception
           ,
           Passion
           ,
           Resurrection
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
         
           2
           dly
           ,
           If
           the
           determination
           of
           Utensils
           for
           the
           Sacraments
           be
           left
           to
           
             Human
             Prudence
          
           ,
           our
           Fonts
           ,
           Communion-Table
           ,
           Rails
           ,
           &c.
           are
           fully
           warranted
           .
        
         
           3
           dly
           ,
           If
           we
           may
           by
           our
           own
           Prudence
           determine
           all
           circumstances
           of
           Worship
           ,
           our
           Habits
           are
           a
           circumstance
           ,
           and
           therefore
           capable
           of
           being
           lawfully
           determined
           .
        
         
           4
           thly
           ,
           If
           the
           determination
           of
           Place
           where
           we
           will
           perform
           Divine
           Worship
           ,
           be
           left
           to
           our
           own
           Prudence
           ,
           I
           do
           not
           see
           how
           you
           can
           blame
           us
           for
           determining
           that
           the
           Ordinary
           Prayers
           shall
           be
           offered
           in
           the
           Desk
           ,
           the
           Sermon
           made
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           ,
           and
           the
           Communion-Service
           performed
           at
           the
           Lord's-Table
           ;
           Especially
           since
           we
           have
           declared
           that
           there
           is
           no
           peculiar
           Holiness
           ,
           or
           efficacy
           in
           any
           of
           these
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           are
           appointed
           meerly
           for
           Order
           ,
           Decency
           ,
           and
           Edification
           .
        
         
           Now
           tho'
           I
           had
           reason
           to
           suspect
           that
           you
           would
           never
           have
           Received
           such
           a
           Principle
           from
           me
           ,
           yet
           since
           your
           Advocate
           has
           laid
           it
           down
           ,
           and
           your
           Worship
           is
           confessedly
           indefensible
           without
           it
           ,
           I
           may
           expect
           that
           you
           will
           think
           your selves
           obliged
           to
           stand
           by
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           you
           will
           not
           judge
           of
           your
           own
           Worship
           by
           one
           Rule
           ,
           and
           of
           ours
           by
           another
           .
        
         
           But
           further
           ,
           since
           the
           determination
           of
           these
           things
           according
           to
           Mr.
           Boyse
           ,
           is
           left
           to
           
             Human
             Prudence
          
           ,
           it
           is
           most
           reasonable
           that
           great
           caution
           and
           care
           should
           be
           used
           in
           determining
           these
           Modes
           ,
           left
           undetermined
           by
           the
           Scripture
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           should
           not
           be
           trusted
           with
           every
           private
           Man
           ;
           but
           be
           referred
           to
           the
           wisdom
           of
           the
           Church
           and
           Kingdom
           ;
           and
           therefore
           what
           the
           Clergy
           by
           their
           Representatives
           in
           Convocation
           ,
           and
           the
           Laity
           by
           their
           Representatives
           in
           Parliament
           ,
           have
           determined
           as
           prudent
           concerning
           these
           Modes
           ,
           methinks
           should
           stand
           against
           all
           private
           Judgments
           ;
           which
           in
           matters
           of
           meer
           Prudence
           ought
           to
           submit
           to
           the
           general
           Wisdom
           .
           Especially
           when
           what
           has
           been
           so
           determined
           ,
           has
           been
           confirmed
           
           by
           long
           Custom
           ,
           and
           the
           universal
           Consent
           of
           the
           Churches
           of
           God
           for
           many
           Ages
           .
           Therefore
           you
           must
           not
           hereafter
           on
           this
           principle
           ask
           any
           proof
           from
           Scripture
           for
           any
           thing
           in
           our
           Worship
           ,
           but
           you
           must
           prove
           it
           expresly
           forbidden
           there
           ,
           or
           else
           you
           must
           conform
           to
           it
           ,
           as
           being
           determined
           by
           
             Human
             Prudence
          
           :
           Which
           in
           this
           case
           ,
           by
           Mr.
           
           Boyse's
           Rule
           is
           sufficient
           .
        
         
           I
           hope
           by
           this
           time
           you
           see
           that
           it
           was
           not
           interest
           or
           design
           to
           serve
           a
           Party
           that
           made
           me
           omit
           this
           Rule
           ,
           since
           I
           might
           have
           made
           so
           much
           use
           of
           it
           .
           But
           to
           deal
           ingeniously
           with
           you
           ,
           I
           could
           not
           approve
           of
           it
           in
           the
           Latitude
           Mr.
           Boyse
           proposes
           it
           ;
           and
           I
           thought
           my self
           obliged
           not
           to
           propose
           any
           thing
           to
           you
           that
           I
           did
           not
           approve
           my self
           .
           For
           I
           can
           by
           no
           means
           allow
           that
           God
           has
           left
           the
           determination
           of
           
             Time
             ,
             Place
             ,
             Order
             ,
             Circumstances
             ,
             Postures
             ,
             and
             Utensils
             ,
          
           in
           all
           Cases
           ,
           to
           
             Human
             Prudence
          
           .
           He
           has
           not
           only
           given
           us
           general
           Rules
           to
           praise
           him
           ,
           pray
           to
           him
           ,
           hear
           his
           Word
           ,
           to
           Worship
           him
           with
           our
           Bodies
           ,
           and
           to
           receive
           his
           Supper
           ,
           but
           he
           has
           likewise
           given
           us
           many
           particular
           Rules
           and
           Examples
           concerning
           each
           of
           these
           ,
           to
           which
           ,
           if
           we
           diligently
           attend
           and
           mind
           the
           consequences
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           apply
           them
           to
           like
           Cases
           ,
           we
           may
           have
           sufficient
           Directions
           from
           Scripture
           to
           order
           our
           Worship
           ,
           without
           having
           recourse
           to
           
             Human
             Prudence
          
           ,
           which
           is
           a
           very
           uncertain
           and
           infallible
           Rule
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           I
           have
           collected
           many
           of
           these
           particular
           directions
           and
           examples
           in
           my
           Book
           ,
           and
           shewed
           our
           Worship
           to
           be
           Justifiable
           by
           the
           strict
           letter
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           sure
           't
           is
           a
           great
           presumption
           to
           lay
           aside
           these
           particular
           directions
           and
           examples
           ,
           and
           to
           substitute
           others
           in
           their
           stead
           ,
           because
           our
           own
           Prudence
           judges
           them
           more
           for
           Edification
           .
           It
           is
           not
           easie
           for
           us
           to
           agree
           in
           the
           determinations
           of
           
             Human
             Prudence
          
           ;
           but
           we
           may
           easily
           agree
           in
           a
           plain
           particular
           direction
           
           
           
           
           
           of
           Scripture
           .
           Thus
           God
           has
           determined
           a
           7th
           .
           Day
           for
           our
           
             Ordinary
             Worship
          
           ;
           and
           you
           see
           we
           have
           no
           dispute
           about
           it
           .
           He
           has
           likewise
           given
           us
           Precedents
           in
           Scripture
           to
           perpetuate
           the
           memory
           of
           signal
           Mercies
           ,
           by
           yearly
           Solemnities
           or
           Festivals
           ;
           but
           because
           these
           are
           not
           so
           particularly
           determined
           by
           Scripture
           as
           the
           other
           ,
           you
           may
           observe
           how
           difficult
           't
           is
           for
           us
           ,
           by
           
             Human
             Prudence
          
           ,
           to
           agree
           in
           them
           :
           We
           ought
           therefore
           to
           be
           very
           Thankful
           to
           God
           for
           his
           particular
           directions
           afforded
           us
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           to
           stick
           to
           them
           as
           close
           as
           we
           can
           .
           As
           for
           Example
           :
           God
           has
           not
           given
           us
           any
           Precedent
           of
           Verse
           Psalm
           or
           Hymn
           ,
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           either
           Originally
           there
           ,
           or
           by
           Translation
           out
           of
           the
           Old
           Testament
           ,
           in
           those
           portions
           of
           the
           Old
           Testament
           Psalms
           that
           are
           Quoted
           therein
           ;
           but
           he
           has
           given
           us
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           positive
           Precedents
           of
           Prose
           Psalms
           and
           Hymns
           ,
           both
           Original
           and
           Translated
           ;
           and
           this
           ought
           to
           teach
           us
           what
           sort
           of
           Translation
           is
           most
           proper
           to
           be
           offer'd
           to
           God
           in
           his
           Praises
           .
           God
           has
           given
           us
           examples
           of
           solemn
           Adorations
           in
           his
           Worship
           ,
           of
           Kneeling
           ,
           Bowing
           ,
           and
           Standing
           before
           him
           ;
           and
           this
           alone
           is
           sufficient
           to
           bring
           you
           and
           us
           to
           uniformity
           in
           this
           point
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           like
           may
           be
           said
           of
           all
           those
           Instances
           I
           have
           given
           you
           in
           my
           Book
           ;
           where
           I
           have
           laid
           down
           the
           particular
           Rules
           and
           Directions
           God
           has
           given
           us
           for
           performing
           the
           several
           parts
           of
           his
           Worship
           :
           In
           all
           which
           the
           letter
           of
           the
           Scripture
           is
           clearly
           on
           our
           side
           ,
           and
           Mr.
           Boyse
           has
           not
           opposed
           Scripture
           to
           Scripture
           ;
           but
           has
           declined
           the
           literal
           sense
           in
           many
           Cases
           without
           reason
           ,
           and
           has
           preferred
           the
           determinations
           of
           
             Human
             Prudence
          
           in
           others
           ,
           as
           being
           more
           for
           Edification
           than
           the
           Scripture
           Examples
           ;
           as
           is
           manifest
           in
           your
           manner
           of
           Singing
           Psalms
           ,
           and
           many
           other
           particulars
           .
           But
           I
           remember
           the
           Apostles
           Rule
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           1.25
           .
           
             The
             foolishness
             of
             God
             is
             wiser
             than
             Men
          
           ;
           the
           meanest
           example
           or
           precedent
           in
           
           Scripture
           ,
           is
           to
           me
           more
           conclusive
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ,
           than
           the
           most
           wise
           Determination
           of
           
             Human
             Prudence
          
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           I
           conclude
           that
           we
           cannot
           have
           a
           more
           clear
           or
           certain
           Rule
           ,
           or
           more
           likely
           to
           unite
           us
           in
           God's
           Service
           ,
           than
           what
           I
           have
           laid
           down
           in
           my
           Book
           ;
           and
           I
           intreat
           you
           again
           to
           compare
           your
           Worship
           with
           it
           ;
           and
           to
           reform
           those
           things
           that
           are
           not
           contained
           in
           Scripture
           or
           warranted
           by
           Example
           of
           Holy
           Men
           in
           it
           ,
           or
           may
           not
           be
           deduced
           by
           clear
           consequence
           or
           parity
           of
           reason
           from
           them
           .
           This
           Rule
           is
           plain
           enough
           to
           any
           capacity
           ;
           and
           to
           go
           about
           to
           explain
           it
           ,
           will
           only
           ,
           as
           Mr.
           Boyse
           has
           done
           ,
           make
           it
           obscure
           and
           uncertain
           .
        
         
           II
           But
           2
           dly
           ,
           Mr.
           Boyse
           endeavours
           to
           perswade
           you
           ,
           That
           the
           greatest
           exception
           you
           have
           against
           joyning
           with
           us
           ,
           is
           not
           the
           matter
           of
           our
           publick
           
             Ordinary
             Worship
          
           .
        
         
           Hence
           in
           his
           Preface
           ,
           he
           tells
           you
           ,
           that
           I
           have
           
             taken
             the
             greatest
             pains
             to
             maintain
             the
             best
             Fortified
             parts
          
           of
           our
           Churches
           constitution
           ,
           and
           left
           the
           
             Feeble
             unguarded
          
           ,
           and
           p.
           169.
           he
           says
           ,
           That
           I
           take
           no
           notice
           of
           
             Human
             Inventions
             in
             the
          
           Discipline
           
             of
             the
             Church
             ,
             about
             which
             ,
          
           he
           alledges
           ,
           
             That
             I
             know
             the
             Contest
             between
             the
             established
             Church
             and
             Dissenters
             chiefly
             lyes
          
           ;
           and
           upon
           this
           he
           proceeds
           ,
           and
           makes
           many
           proposals
           or
           demands
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           observe
           ,
           First
           ,
           That
           my
           Discourse
           was
           concerning
           the
           
             Inventions
             of
             Men
             in
             the
             Worship
             of
             God
          
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           a
           Subject
           large
           enough
           ,
           and
           to
           handle
           it
           well
           ,
           and
           in
           such
           a
           Method
           as
           may
           help
           the
           Reader
           to
           have
           a
           clear
           understanding
           of
           it
           ,
           is
           an
           useful
           work
           ,
           and
           sufficient
           for
           one
           Discourse
           :
           and
           for
           Mr.
           Boyse
           to
           tax
           me
           for
           not
           writing
           another
           on
           the
           
             Inventions
             of
             Men
          
           in
           the
           Discipline
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           is
           very
           unreasonable
           .
           He
           is
           not
           pleased
           that
           I
           wrote
           this
           ,
           and
           yet
           he
           would
           have
           had
           me
           write
           another
           on
           a
           Subject
           more
           apt
           to
           give
           offence
           ;
           for
           I
           assure
           my
           
           self
           if
           ever
           I
           should
           write
           on
           that
           Subject
           ,
           you
           would
           be
           less
           pleased
           with
           my
           performance
           than
           in
           this
           ;
           since
           I
           must
           look
           on
           the
           general
           frame
           of
           your
           whole
           Constitution
           (
           at
           least
           so
           far
           as
           its
           conformable
           to
           those
           
             Heads
             of
             Agreement
          
           that
           Mr
           Boyse
           owns
           )
           to
           be
           a
           meer
           
             Human
             Creature
          
           ,
           without
           Warrant
           from
           Scripture
           ,
           or
           any
           sufficient
           Foundation
           to
           oblige
           Men
           to
           submit
           to
           discipline
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           But
           Secondly
           ,
           when
           a
           Man
           desires
           to
           shift
           his
           ground
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           presumption
           that
           he
           apprehends
           himself
           under
           some
           disadvantage
           in
           it
           .
           And
           if
           there
           were
           not
           something
           of
           this
           nature
           ,
           Mr.
           Boyse
           had
           not
           needed
           to
           propose
           enlarging
           or
           multiplying
           the
           matters
           in
           Controversie
           .
           'T
           is
           reckoned
           a
           wise
           contrivance
           in
           our
           Common
           Law
           ,
           that
           it
           allows
           not
           of
           a
           
             double
             Plea
          
           ,
           but
           obliges
           the
           Defendant
           to
           stick
           to
           one
           thing
           only
           ▪
           as
           the
           most
           effectual
           means
           to
           bring
           the
           difference
           between
           the
           Parties
           to
           a
           Conclusion
           ;
           I
           have
           reason
           therefore
           to
           do
           the
           same
           ,
           and
           to
           decline
           any
           further
           entring
           into
           Controversie
           ,
           till
           this
           of
           Worship
           be
           driven
           as
           far
           as
           it
           can
           ;
           As
           I
           think
           it
           is
           in
           several
           Points
           ,
           by
           Mr.
           
           Boyse's
           own
           Confession
           ,
           who
           doth
           not
           so
           much
           as
           attempt
           to
           justifie
           your
           sitting
           at
           your
           Prayers
           and
           Thanksgivings
           ,
           or
           your
           not
           signifying
           your
           Publick
           Consent
           to
           them
           by
           your
           Amen
           .
           It
           is
           much
           the
           same
           as
           to
           your
           manner
           and
           frequency
           of
           Communion
           ;
           and
           your
           not
           using
           the
           
           Lord's
           -
           Prayer
           ,
           and
           your
           way
           of
           
             singing
             Psalms
          
           ,
           which
           is
           acknowledged
           to
           be
           Un-Scriptural
           ,
           and
           in
           several
           other
           Instances
           :
           Therefore
           let
           these
           be
           Reformed
           first
           ,
           and
           then
           it
           will
           be
           proper
           to
           consider
           the
           Rest.
           
        
         
           3
           dly
           ,
           Our
           Constitution
           and
           Discipline
           are
           certain
           and
           determined
           ,
           being
           laid
           down
           in
           our
           publick
           Authentick
           Records
           ,
           by
           which
           we
           are
           obliged
           to
           be
           judged
           .
           But
           there
           is
           no
           such
           Settlement
           of
           your
           Constitution
           or
           Rules
           of
           Discipline
           ;
           you
           have
           a
           Confession
           for
           your
           Faith
           ,
           and
           a
           Directory
           for
           your
           Worship
           :
           
           and
           we
           can
           compare
           them
           with
           ours
           ,
           and
           judge
           which
           are
           most
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           therefore
           it
           is
           a
           proper
           Work
           for
           a
           Bishop
           of
           the
           Church
           to
           examine
           them
           by
           that
           Rule
           .
           But
           I
           know
           of
           no
           Authentick
           Declaration
           concerning
           your
           constitution
           of
           Government
           or
           Discipline
           .
           Proposals
           were
           indeed
           made
           by
           the
           
             Assembly
             of
             Divines
          
           to
           that
           purpose
           ;
           but
           rejected
           by
           the
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           your
           Party
           ,
           and
           looked
           on
           as
           inconsistent
           with
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           Liberty
           of
           the
           Subject
           ;
           and
           therefore
           till
           it
           be
           agreed
           among
           you
           ,
           and
           declared
           in
           some
           Authentick
           way
           ,
           what
           your
           Discipline
           and
           Constitution
           is
           ,
           and
           by
           what
           Rules
           you
           proceed
           in
           your
           Judicatories
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           very
           unnecessary
           to
           dispute
           with
           any
           Person
           in
           his
           private
           Capacity
           ,
           what
           his
           Sentiments
           are
           as
           to
           these
           Points
           ,
           and
           especially
           since
           I
           believe
           Mr.
           
           Boyse's
           Sense
           of
           these
           things
           is
           much
           different
           from
           yours
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           the
           Officers
           ,
           Rules
           ,
           and
           Manner
           of
           proceeding
           in
           your
           Judicatures
           ;
           insomuch
           as
           you
           are
           not
           yet
           agreed
           who
           shall
           have
           the
           full
           Power
           of
           the
           Keys
           ,
           whether
           a
           single
           Congregation
           or
           a
           Presbytery
           .
        
         
           4
           thly
           ,
           The
           
             Worship
             of
             God
          
           ,
           is
           the
           great
           and
           immediate
           Business
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           due
           performance
           thereof
           ,
           Officers
           are
           appointed
           chiefly
           ,
           and
           Assemblies
           held
           ;
           whereas
           Discipline
           is
           but
           a
           handmaid
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           designed
           to
           keep
           it
           pure
           .
           And
           therefore
           the
           difference
           in
           Discipline
           ought
           to
           make
           no
           separation
           from
           our
           Assemblies
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           that
           Worship
           is
           performed
           according
           to
           the
           appointment
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Matter
           and
           Manner
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           There
           were
           great
           Defects
           and
           Disorders
           in
           the
           Discipline
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Corinth
           ;
           yet
           the
           Apostle
           doth
           not
           advise
           the
           Sound
           Part
           to
           hold
           Meetings
           separate
           from
           the
           other
           :
           And
           therefore
           ,
           before
           any
           defects
           in
           Discipline
           be
           objected
           to
           us
           ,
           some
           Precedent
           or
           Command
           in
           Scripture
           ought
           to
           have
           been
           produced
           ,
           Warranting
           on
           the
           account
           of
           Discipline
           ,
           
           the
           gathering
           a
           Congregation
           of
           one
           Party
           of
           Christians
           in
           the
           same
           place
           ,
           distinct
           and
           separate
           from
           others
           ,
           who
           worship
           God
           in
           true
           Faith
           and
           Holiness
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           way
           Warranted
           by
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ;
           and
           if
           there
           be
           no
           Command
           or
           Precedent
           in
           Scripture
           for
           any
           such
           Practice
           as
           this
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           is
           evident
           that
           you
           ought
           not
           ,
           on
           the
           account
           of
           the
           defects
           of
           Discipline
           (
           which
           when
           all
           is
           done
           are
           for
           the
           greatest
           part
           pretended
           ,
           not
           real
           )
           absent
           your selves
           from
           our
           Assemblies
           for
           Worship
           ,
           especially
           when
           you
           have
           none
           else
           to
           go
           to
           on
           the
           Lord's-day
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           will
           appear
           yet
           more
           reasonable
           ,
           when
           you
           consider
           those
           Demands
           in
           particular
           ,
           which
           Mr.
           Boyse
           has
           made
           to
           us
           concerning
           Discipline
           in
           his
           Appendix
           ;
           none
           of
           which
           ,
           if
           they
           were
           as
           he
           represents
           them
           (
           as
           they
           are
           really
           far
           otherwise
           )
           ought
           to
           hinder
           your
           joining
           in
           our
           Worship
           ,
           which
           they
           do
           not
           concern
           or
           effect
           .
           I
           will
           only
           give
           you
           two
           or
           three
           Examples
           in
           the
           most
           material
           of
           them
           .
           The
           first
           concerns
           the
           difference
           of
           Bishops
           and
           Priests
           ;
           whether
           they
           differ
           in
           Degree
           or
           Order
           .
           May
           not
           we
           Receive
           the
           Lord's-Supper
           together
           ,
           tho'
           the
           Popish
           Schoolmen
           ,
           to
           advance
           the
           Pope's
           Power
           and
           depress
           Bishops
           ,
           held
           that
           a
           Bishop
           and
           Priest
           differed
           only
           in
           Degree
           ,
           not
           in
           Order
           :
           A
           Question
           I
           persuade
           my self
           ,
           few
           of
           you
           will
           understand
           ,
           and
           has
           no
           relation
           to
           that
           Sacrament
           ;
           since
           (
           however
           it
           be
           )
           both
           Bishops
           and
           Priests
           have
           Power
           given
           them
           to
           Administer
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           like
           may
           be
           observed
           of
           the
           5
           
             th
             .
             Demand
          
           ;
           Judge
           your selves
           whether
           it
           any
           ways
           interferes
           with
           our
           
             going
             into
             the
             House
             of
             God
             as
             Friends
             ,
          
           that
           our
           Church
           allows
           a
           more
           positive
           Absolution
           to
           a
           sick
           Man
           on
           his
           submitting
           himself
           to
           the
           Censure
           and
           Judgment
           of
           a
           Minister
           ,
           by
           an
           humble
           Confession
           of
           some
           secret
           Sins
           that
           torment
           his
           Conscience
           ,
           than
           in
           other
           cases
           ;
           and
           yet
           this
           is
           one
           thing
           Mr.
           Boyse
           offers
           as
           a
           ●ar
           to
           your
           Union
           with
           us
           in
           his
           5
           
             th
             .
             Demand
          
           .
        
         
         
           The
           same
           may
           be
           said
           of
           the
           7
           th
           .
           that
           concerns
           the
           Examination
           of
           Ministers
           to
           be
           Ordained
           ;
           since
           it
           no
           ways
           hinders
           a
           Man's
           comfortable
           living
           under
           the
           Ministry
           of
           his
           Spiritual
           Guide
           ,
           if
           he
           be
           really
           blameless
           (
           as
           I
           hope
           those
           in
           this
           Diocess
           are
           )
           that
           our
           Canons
           are
           not
           very
           strict
           in
           the
           point
           of
           Ordination
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           they
           are
           as
           strict
           as
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           1
           Tim.
           3.
           
           And
           indeed
           to
           such
           a
           degree
           ,
           that
           some
           who
           have
           been
           found
           unqualified
           and
           insufficient
           for
           Learning
           by
           them
           ,
           are
           received
           as
           Preachers
           amongst
           you
           ,
           after
           being
           rejected
           by
           us
           .
           Of
           which
           I
           have
           one
           Notorious
           Example
           since
           I
           came
           to
           this
           Diocess
           .
        
         
           The
           like
           may
           be
           observed
           in
           the
           11
           
             th
             .
             Demand
          
           ,
           that
           concerneth
           the
           peoples
           interest
           in
           choosing
           their
           Minister
           ;
           which
           can
           no
           ways
           excuse
           your
           absenting
           your selves
           from
           our
           Worship
           ,
           or
           refusing
           our
           Ministry
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           our
           Ministers
           are
           good
           Men
           and
           fit
           for
           their
           Office
           :
           nay
           ,
           much
           better
           and
           fitter
           ,
           by
           the
           confession
           of
           some
           of
           your selves
           ,
           than
           those
           for
           whom
           some
           Parishes
           in
           this
           Diocess
           have
           Petitioned
           ,
           when
           Vacancies
           happened
           .
           As
           appears
           in
           three
           or
           four
           Instances
           since
           I
           came
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           cannot
           see
           to
           what
           good
           purpose
           the
           proposing
           these
           can
           serve
           ,
           or
           why
           they
           should
           be
           debated
           on
           this
           occasion
           .
           Government
           and
           Discipline
           are
           very
           intricate
           things
           in
           themselves
           ,
           and
           few
           of
           you
           are
           capable
           of
           determining
           the
           Questions
           relating
           to
           them
           ;
           but
           the
           Rules
           relating
           to
           Worship
           are
           plain
           ,
           and
           you
           are
           indispensibly
           required
           to
           Worship
           God
           ,
           tho'
           many
           things
           in
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Church
           should
           be
           amiss
           ,
           and
           it
           should
           be
           beyond
           your
           power
           to
           help
           them
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Lastly
           ,
           I
           can
           by
           no
           means
           allow
           that
           Mr.
           Boyse
           had
           any
           reason
           to
           make
           such
           Demands
           as
           these
           ,
           or
           to
           expect
           any
           answer
           to
           them
           .
           All
           the
           Occasion
           he
           pretends
           for
           them
           ,
           is
           ,
           because
           I
           made
           some
           requests
           to
           your
           Ministers
           in
           the
           Conclusion
           of
           my
           discourse
           ;
           one
           of
           which
           concerned
           the
           Exercise
           of
           your
           Discipline
           ,
           
           that
           it
           might
           be
           with
           less
           offence
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           advantage
           to
           our
           common
           Christianity
           ;
           and
           from
           thence
           he
           concludes
           that
           I
           
             cannot
             take
             it
             ill
             if
             we
          
           (
           saith
           he
           ,
           p.
           170.
           )
           
             use
             the
             like
             freedom
             ,
             in
             offering
             with
             all
             Humility
             the
             following
             requests
             .
          
           But
           that
           the
           Case
           is
           no
           ways
           the
           same
           ,
           nor
           the
           requests
           equal
           ,
           will
           appear
           if
           you
           consider
           ,
           First
           ,
           The
           Persons
           concerned
           in
           them
           ;
           Secondly
           ,
           The
           Things
           demanded
           ;
           And
           Thirdly
           ,
           The
           manner
           of
           proposing
           them
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           As
           to
           the
           Persons
           concerned
           ,
           I
           may
           put
           you
           in
           mind
           ,
           that
           the
           Laws
           of
           the
           Kingdom
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Established
           Church
           ,
           have
           Constituted
           me
           Bishop
           of
           this
           Diocess
           ;
           And
           tho'
           you
           do
           not
           own
           my
           Authority
           ,
           as
           duly
           received
           from
           Christ
           ,
           yet
           I
           my self
           am
           persuaded
           it
           is
           so
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           duty
           I
           lye
           under
           from
           my
           
             Consecration
             Vow
          
           ,
           obliges
           me
           to
           watch
           over
           ,
           and
           to
           endeavour
           to
           instruct
           and
           advise
           you
           out
           of
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           .
           But
           Mr.
           Boyse
           has
           no
           such
           relation
           to
           those
           he
           takes
           on
           him
           to
           advise
           .
           He
           has
           yet
           owned
           no
           proper
           Church
           beyond
           his
           single
           Congregation
           :
           He
           has
           owned
           no
           Ecclesiastical
           Judicature
           on
           Earth
           ,
           to
           whom
           he
           and
           his
           Congregation
           are
           accountable
           by
           the
           Laws
           of
           Christ.
           He
           can
           claim
           no
           Authority
           over
           any
           other
           Congregation
           then
           his
           own
           ;
           or
           challenge
           so
           much
           as
           to
           be
           a
           Minister
           of
           Christ
           to
           any
           other
           ,
           if
           they
           please
           to
           question
           it
           ,
           without
           a
           new
           Ordination
           ,
           as
           appears
           from
           those
           
             Heads
             of
             Agreement
             ,
             (
             Ch.
          
           II.
           Sect.
           6.
           )
           produced
           by
           himself
           .
           Now
           if
           there
           were
           no
           more
           ,
           this
           makes
           a
           very
           manifest
           difference
           in
           our
           Cases
           .
           But
           if
           you
           further
           consider
           to
           whom
           his
           demands
           are
           made
           ,
           it
           will
           appear
           yet
           greater
           .
           I
           only
           addressed
           my self
           to
           those
           of
           your
           Ministers
           that
           are
           in
           this
           Diocess
           ,
           and
           designed
           my
           Book
           shou'd
           go
           no
           farther
           .
           But
           Mr.
           Boyse
           proposes
           his
           to
           the
           whole
           conformable
           Clergy
           ;
           Nay
           ,
           to
           the
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           whole
           Laity
           of
           England
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           and
           this
           he
           doth
           in
           the
           name
           of
           your
           whole
           
           Party
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           were
           your
           Representative
           :
           From
           which
           you
           may
           see
           what
           a
           Figure
           he
           takes
           to
           himself
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           But
           Secondly
           ,
           There
           is
           as
           great
           a
           difference
           in
           the
           
             things
             demanded
          
           ,
           as
           in
           the
           
             Persons
             concerned
          
           .
           My
           requests
           were
           only
           in
           such
           things
           as
           I
           supposed
           inoffensive
           ;
           in
           which
           we
           really
           agreed
           ,
           and
           were
           in
           your
           own
           Power
           to
           grant
           me
           ,
           without
           altering
           any
           thing
           either
           in
           your
           Constitution
           or
           Principles
           .
           And
           in
           these
           I
           had
           reason
           to
           hope
           for
           your
           Compliance
           :
           And
           do
           yet
           more
           then
           hope
           for
           it
           .
           But
           several
           of
           the
           things
           which
           Mr.
           Boyse
           requests
           ,
           concern
           Temporal
           Matters
           ,
           such
           as
           were
           in
           the
           Power
           only
           of
           King
           and
           Parliament
           ;
           Others
           are
           such
           as
           we
           think
           very
           unreasonable
           to
           be
           asked
           ;
           And
           others
           are
           founded
           on
           most
           unjust
           Representations
           of
           our
           Practices
           and
           Principles
           ;
           which
           if
           truly
           Represented
           need
           no
           Reformation
           ;
           as
           may
           appear
           from
           his
           adding
           to
           ,
           and
           taking
           from
           our
           3
           and
           4
           Canons
           ,
           p.
           179.
           
           And
           may
           further
           appear
           in
           the
           2
           ,
           3
           ,
           4
           ,
           6
           ,
           7
           ,
           8
           ,
           11
           ,
           12
           ,
           13
           Requests
           .
           From
           all
           which
           it
           wou'd
           seem
           that
           these
           Requests
           were
           rather
           made
           to
           amuse
           you
           ,
           then
           that
           he
           cou'd
           seriously
           expect
           we
           shou'd
           regard
           them
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           And
           indeed
           as
           the
           Persons
           and
           Matters
           are
           very
           different
           ,
           so
           the
           way
           of
           proposing
           them
           is
           no
           less
           contrary
           to
           that
           used
           by
           me
           .
           By
           his
           own
           Confession
           I
           gave
           no
           ill
           Language
           ,
           I
           charged
           you
           with
           nothing
           that
           was
           so
           much
           as
           doubtful
           ;
           but
           if
           you
           please
           to
           read
           over
           his
           Requests
           ,
           I
           dare
           leave
           it
           to
           your
           own
           judgment
           whether
           he
           has
           observed
           the
           same
           temper
           .
           He
           is
           not
           content
           to
           load
           our
           Church
           with
           many
           groundless
           Imputations
           ,
           but
           he
           exposes
           the
           Kingdom
           and
           Protestant
           Inhabitants
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           again
           overspread
           with
           Swearing
           ,
           Profanation
           of
           the
           Lord's-Day
           ;
           Uncleanness
           ,
           Pride
           ,
           Luxury
           ,
           
             &c.
             (
             p.
          
           182
           )
           an
           Imputation
           that
           I
           can
           by
           no
           means
           allow
           to
           be
           general
           ;
           There
           being
           I
           am
           persuaded
           ,
           by
           the
           goodness
           of
           
           God
           ,
           a
           manifest
           abatement
           of
           these
           in
           this
           Diocess
           .
           But
           however
           the
           Matter
           be
           ,
           to
           make
           such
           Demands
           as
           these
           in
           Print
           ,
           which
           perhaps
           one
           in
           a
           thousand
           of
           those
           that
           are
           concerned
           in
           them
           shall
           never
           see
           ,
           may
           serve
           to
           furnish
           our
           common
           Adversaries
           with
           Arguments
           against
           You
           ▪
           and
           Us
           ;
           and
           may
           exasperate
           and
           furnish
           you
           with
           Objections
           against
           uniting
           with
           us
           ;
           but
           can
           never
           serve
           to
           amend
           what
           might
           be
           really
           amiss
           in
           your
           practice
           ;
           which
           I
           am
           sure
           was
           the
           design
           of
           what
           I
           wrote
           :
           And
           I
           hope
           't
           will
           appear
           that
           it
           was
           so
           ,
           to
           every
           one
           that
           will
           seriously
           review
           my
           Address
           to
           your
           Ministers
           .
        
         
           III.
           The
           Third
           Allegation
           used
           by
           Mr.
           Boyse
           to
           take
           off
           the
           force
           of
           my
           Book
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           I
           have
           omitted
           to
           handle
           that
           part
           of
           our
           Worship
           against
           which
           you
           have
           greatest
           Exception
           .
           Thus
           p.
           163.
           he
           taxes
           me
           ,
           
             That
             I
             have
             omitted
             one
             material
             part
             of
             Divine
             Worship
             about
             the
             manner
             of
             performing
             which
             ,
             the
             contest
             between
             the
             Established
             Church
             and
             Dissenters
             does
             most
             directly
             concern
             this
             charge
             of
             Human
             Inventions
          
           —
           viz.
           Baptism
           .
           This
           he
           imputes
           to
           want
           of
           Candour
           and
           Ingenuity
           :
           And
           gives
           me
           many
           hard
           words
           about
           it
           ;
           and
           more
           particularly
           insists
           on
           the
           
             Sign
             of
             the
             Cross
          
           ,
           which
           he
           intimates
           that
           I
           did
           not
           mention
           because
           I
           could
           not
           defend
           it
           .
        
         
           This
           then
           I
           suppose
           is
           one
           of
           the
           most
           
             feeble
             Places
          
           of
           our
           Church-Service
           that
           I
           have
           
             left
             unguarded
          
           .
           I
           most
           heartily
           wish
           that
           all
           our
           differences
           were
           reduced
           to
           this
           one
           ;
           and
           that
           you
           cou'd
           as
           easily
           clear
           your selves
           from
           introducing
           the
           
             Inventions
             of
             Men
          
           into
           the
           Service
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           we
           can
           clear
           our selves
           in
           this
           particular
           .
           And
           to
           convince
           you
           that
           I
           am
           in
           earnest
           I
           will
           give
           you
           a
           short
           Account
           of
           my
           thoughts
           of
           it
           ▪
           by
           which
           you
           may
           know
           what
           credit
           Mr.
           
           Boyse's
           Conjectures
           concerning
           me
           ,
           ought
           to
           have
           with
           you
           .
        
         
           First
           therefore
           I
           will
           shew
           you
           why
           I
           omitted
           this
           part
           of
           God's
           Service
           in
           my
           Book
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           Mr.
           
           Boyse's
           Arguments
           against
           the
           Cross
           in
           Baptism
           
           are
           of
           no
           force
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           That
           the
           
             use
             of
             the
             Cross
             in
             Baptism
          
           is
           Warranted
           by
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           First
           then
           I
           omitted
           this
           
             part
             of
             Worship
          
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           Occasional
           not
           Ordinary
           .
           In
           my
           
             Introduction
             ,
             N.
          
           5.
           
           I
           engaged
           only
           to
           consider
           the
           
             Ordinary
             Service
             of
             God
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             main
             substantial
             Parts
          
           thereof
           .
           I
           was
           sensible
           that
           you
           were
           obliged
           to
           Worship
           God
           Publickly
           every
           Lord's-day
           ,
           and
           are
           answerable
           for
           your
           neglect
           if
           you
           do
           not
           when
           you
           may
           ;
           and
           therefore
           judged
           it
           of
           great
           moment
           to
           clear
           from
           Exceptions
           those
           parts
           of
           our
           Worship
           in
           which
           you
           are
           obliged
           to
           join
           with
           us
           on
           those
           Days
           .
           But
           you
           have
           not
           that
           same
           constant
           necessity
           to
           join
           in
           Baptism
           ;
           and
           your
           Exceptions
           against
           it
           cou'd
           be
           no
           just
           Reason
           to
           hinder
           your
           Attendance
           in
           other
           Ordinary
           Parts
           of
           Worship
           which
           you
           might
           very
           well
           do
           ,
           tho'
           you
           scrupled
           Baptising
           your
           Children
           with
           the
           Sign
           of
           the
           Cross
           :
           Especially
           since
           in
           case
           of
           necessity
           our
           Church
           had
           allowed
           you
           Baptism
           for
           them
           without
           it
           ,
           or
           Godfathers
           ,
           as
           appears
           in
           our
           Office
           for
           private
           Baptism
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           I
           found
           the
           defects
           and
           additions
           of
           your
           Directory
           so
           very
           great
           in
           this
           Office
           of
           Baptism
           ,
           that
           I
           thought
           they
           deserved
           a
           Discourse
           by
           themselves
           ,
           and
           am
           still
           of
           the
           same
           Opinion
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           There
           is
           no
           express
           Covenant
           ordered
           in
           your
           Directory
           ,
           to
           be
           made
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Child
           Baptised
           ,
           either
           by
           the
           Parent
           or
           any
           else
           ,
           tho'
           there
           be
           no
           other
           known
           way
           of
           engaging
           a
           Child
           ,
           that
           cannot
           Covenant
           for
           it self
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           There
           is
           no
           profession
           of
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           required
           in
           the
           Directory
           from
           the
           Parent
           or
           Offerer
           of
           any
           Child
           .
           Thirdly
           ,
           There
           is
           no
           solemn
           Recognition
           of
           the
           Vow
           of
           Baptism
           required
           from
           Persons
           Baptised
           in
           their
           Infancy
           ,
           when
           they
           come
           to
           understand
           their
           Duty
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           in
           Confirmation
           with
           us
           .
           Fourthly
           ,
           The
           express
           words
           of
           the
           Covenant
           are
           not
           prescribed
           out
           of
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           left
           to
           the
           discretion
           
           of
           every
           Minister
           to
           impose
           what
           he
           will
           on
           the
           Baptised
           ;
           and
           some
           have
           been
           very
           indiscreet
           in
           this
           point
           ,
           imposing
           the
           solemn
           League
           and
           Covenant
           on
           persons
           that
           brought
           Children
           to
           be
           Baptised
           ,
           or
           else
           refusing
           them
           Baptism
           :
           all
           which
           are
           observed
           by
           Mr.
           Baxter
           ,
           an
           eminent
           Man
           of
           your
           Party
           ,
           many
           years
           ago
           in
           his
           
             Infant
             Baptism
             ,
             Chap.
          
           6.
           
           Object
           .
           1.
           where
           he
           complains
           that
           they
           were
           taken
           away
           from
           you
           when
           you
           were
           
             in
             actual
             Possession
             of
             them
          
           ;
           for
           the
           
             Substance
             of
             these
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             was
             in
             the
             Common
             Prayer
          
           :
           and
           he
           gives
           us
           to
           understand
           with
           regret
           that
           these
           
             plain
             Duties
             were
             wiped
             out
             ,
             and
             the
             Directory
             made
             more
             defective
             than
             the
             Common-Prayer
          
           in
           this
           point
           .
        
         
           And
           besides
           these
           defects
           in
           matters
           of
           
             so
             high
             moment
             as
             the
             Covenant
             of
             God
             ,
          
           there
           are
           several
           Additional
           Conditions
           required
           by
           your
           Directory
           ,
           contrary
           to
           Scripture
           Precedents
           ;
           such
           as
           (
           in
           Mr.
           
           Boyse's
           Phrase
           may
           be
           reckoned
           )
           
             Stated
             Appendages
          
           of
           this
           Sacrament
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           ordered
           ,
           that
           Baptism
           is
           not
           to
           be
           Administred
           in
           private
           places
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           place
           of
           publick
           Worship
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           face
           of
           the
           Congregation
           .
           A
           Rule
           directly
           contrary
           to
           Scripture
           Precedents
           ;
           and
           by
           which
           many
           that
           have
           had
           a
           just
           Title
           to
           Baptism
           ,
           and
           some
           that
           have
           been
           very
           desirous
           of
           it
           ,
           without
           any
           fault
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           have
           been
           denied
           the
           benefit
           of
           it
           .
           Christ
           Commands
           us
           to
           
             Teach
             all
             Nations
             ,
             Baptising
             them
             ,
             &c.
          
           and
           
             He
             that
             repents
             and
             believes
          
           is
           Entituled
           to
           Baptism
           ,
           whatever
           his
           circumstances
           are
           ;
           but
           tho'
           a
           Man
           do
           both
           these
           ,
           and
           profess
           them
           in
           the
           most
           hearty
           manner
           ,
           yet
           if
           he
           be
           not
           able
           to
           go
           to
           a
           Publick
           Place
           of
           Worship
           ,
           or
           cannot
           procure
           a
           Congregation
           to
           be
           present
           ,
           he
           shall
           die
           without
           this
           Sacrament
           ,
           meerly
           on
           the
           account
           of
           this
           rigid
           ceremoniousness
           of
           the
           Directory
           :
           and
           many
           Children
           have
           thus
           died
           ;
           which
           in
           this
           point
           is
           literally
           that
           Sin
           our
           Saviour
           taxeth
           ,
           Mark
           7.13
           .
           
             Making
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             of
             none
             effect
             through
             your
             traditions
             .
          
        
         
         
           I
           might
           instance
           in
           some
           other
           things
           as
           material
           as
           these
           ,
           but
           I
           hope
           this
           may
           be
           sufficient
           to
           convince
           you
           that
           it
           was
           not
           for
           want
           of
           matter
           of
           exception
           ,
           that
           I
           deferred
           imparting
           my
           thoughts
           to
           you
           on
           this
           part
           of
           Gods
           Worship
           ,
           and
           indeed
           I
           am
           afraid
           that
           now
           they
           may
           not
           relish
           well
           with
           you
           ;
           but
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           consider
           that
           I
           have
           been
           forced
           to
           do
           it
           in
           my
           own
           Justification
           .
        
         
           II.
           I
           am
           now
           in
           the
           Second
           place
           to
           shew
           you
           that
           Mr.
           
           Boyse's
           Arguments
           against
           the
           Cross
           in
           Baptism
           are
           of
           no
           force
           .
           His
           great
           Objection
           against
           it
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           we
           make
           it
           
             a
             new
             Humane
             Sacrament
          
           ,
           and
           then
           it
           must
           be
           a
           
             Human
             Invention
          
           ;
           and
           he
           owns
           that
           generally
           all
           Dissenters
           have
           agreed
           to
           condemn
           it
           on
           this
           account
           as
           unlawful
           ,
           but
           I
           doubt
           not
           to
           make
           it
           appear
           that
           we
           ascribe
           nothing
           of
           a
           Sacramental
           nature
           to
           it
           ;
           and
           that
           it
           is
           a
           great
           Injustice
           to
           alledge
           (
           as
           he
           doth
           )
           that
           we
           Teach
           otherwise
           .
           I
           am
           the
           more
           willing
           to
           handle
           this
           Subject
           ,
           because
           I
           find
           many
           of
           you
           ill
           Instructed
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           Sacraments
           ,
           and
           hope
           what
           I
           say
           may
           be
           useful
           to
           you
           .
        
         
           I
           desire
           you
           therefore
           to
           consider
           that
           there
           are
           Three
           things
           necessary
           to
           make
           up
           a
           Sacrament
           .
           First
           ,
           
             an
             Outward
             Visible
             Sign
             instituted
             by
             God
             ,
             signifying
             some
             Spiritual
             Grace
             or
             Benefit
             which
             we
             expect
             from
             him
             .
          
           2dly
           ,
           
             An
             Obligation
             on
             God
             by
             some
             promise
             of
             his
             ,
             to
             grant
             us
             that
             Spiritual
             grace
             or
             benefit
             when
             we
             duly
             use
             the
             visible
             Sign
             .
          
           3dly
           .
           Our
           use
           of
           this
           outward
           sign
           :
           
             For
             from
             the
             other
             two
             it
             follows
             as
             a
             Consequence
             ,
             that
             if
             we
             wilfully
             omit
             or
             neglect
             the
             use
             of
             that
             outward
             or
             visible
             Sign
             appointed
             by
             God
             ,
             we
             must
             not
             expect
             the
             Spiritual
             Grace
             or
             Benefit
             Signified
             by
             it
             .
          
        
         
           I
           think
           it
           necessary
           to
           prove
           by
           Scripture
           ,
           first
           ,
           that
           each
           of
           these
           belong
           to
           a
           Sacrament
           .
           And
           ,
           2
           dly
           To
           shew
           that
           we
           ascribe
           none
           of
           them
           to
           the
           
             Cross
             in
             Baptism
          
           ,
           and
           consequently
           that
           it
           hath
           nothing
           of
           a
           Sacrament
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           The
           first
           Sacrament
           we
           find
           in
           Scripture
           is
           Circumcision
           ,
           
           instituted
           by
           God
           ,
           Gen.
           xvii
           .
           11
           .
           
             Ye
             shall
             circumcise
             the
             flesh
             of
             your
             foreskin
             ,
             and
             it
             shall
             be
             a
             token
             of
             the
             Covenant
             between
             me
             and
             you
             .
          
           Here
           
             Circumcising
             the
             flesh
             of
             the
             forekin
          
           is
           the
           outward
           and
           visible
           Sign
           instituted
           by
           God
           ;
           and
           the
           spiritual
           grace
           or
           benefit
           is
           the
           Covenant
           ,
           whereof
           it
           is
           called
           a
           Token
           ,
           and
           when
           it
           was
           duly
           observed
           ,
           it
           laid
           an
           obligation
           on
           God
           to
           be
           a
           God
           to
           the
           person
           so
           circumcised
           ,
           according
           to
           God's
           promise
           v.
           7.
           
           
             I
             will
             establish
             my
             Covenant
             between
             me
             and
             thee
             and
             thy
             seed
             after
             thee
             —
             to
             be
             a
             God
             unto
             thee
             and
             thy
             seed
             after
             thee
             .
          
           And
           lastly
           whoever
           
             wilfully
             refused
             or
             neglected
             this
             Sign
             ,
          
           lost
           the
           spritual
           grace
           or
           benefit
           signifyed
           by
           it
           .
           According
           to
           which
           we
           find
           in
           the
           14
           v.
           and
           
             The
             uncircumcised
             man-child
             whose
             flesh
             of
             his
             foreskin
             is
             not
             circumcised
             ,
             that
             soul
             shall
             be
             cut
             off
             from
             his
             people
             ,
             he
             hath
             broken
             my
             Covenant
             .
          
           The
           like
           is
           observable
           in
           the
           institution
           of
           the
           Passover
           ,
           another
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           old
           Testament
           .
        
         
           But
           we
           are
           more
           especially
           concerned
           in
           the
           Sacraments
           of
           the
           New.
           And
           therefore
           I
           will
           shew
           that
           these
           three
           things
           are
           to
           be
           found
           in
           each
           of
           them
           .
           First
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           Lord's-Supper
           ;
           the
           Bread
           and
           Wine
           are
           appointed
           by
           Christ
           to
           signifie
           his
           Body
           and
           Blood
           :
           Here
           is
           the
           first
           thing
           ;
           
             An
             outward
             and
             visible
             Sign
             appointed
             by
             God
             to
             signifie
             some
             Spiritual
             grace
             or
             benefit
             .
          
           2
           dly
           .
           The
           Bread
           and
           Wine
           are
           declared
           to
           be
           
             the
             Communion
             of
             the
             Body
             and
             Blood
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           1.
           
           Cor.
           x
           16.
           
           
             The
             Cup
             of
             Blessing
             which
             we
             bless
             ,
             Is
             it
             not
             the
             Communion
             of
             the
             Blood
             of
             Christ
             ?
             The
             bread
             that
             we
             break
             ,
             Is
             it
             not
             the
             Communion
             of
             the
             Body
             of
             Christ
             ?
             For
             we
             being
             many
             are
             one
             Bread
             and
             one
             Body
             ,
             for
             we
             are
             all
             partakers
             of
             that
             One
             bread
             .
          
           Here
           is
           the
           2d
           .
           thing
           required
           in
           a
           Sacrament
           ,
           even
           an
           obligation
           on
           God
           when
           we
           duly
           use
           these
           outward
           Signs
           to
           communicate
           to
           us
           the
           Body
           and
           Blood
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           make
           us
           one
           Body
           amongst
           our selves
           .
           3
           
             dly
             ,
             Whoever
             negligently
             or
             wilfully
             omits
             the
             
             use
             of
             these
             Signs
             must
             expect
             to
             lose
             the
             Spiritual
             Grace
             or
             Benefit
             signified
             by
             them
          
           ;
           that
           it
           is
           the
           
             Communion
             of
             Christ's
             Body
             and
             Blood
             :
          
           for
           he
           who
           wilfully
           or
           negligently
           omits
           Communicating
           in
           the
           Lord's-Supper
           when
           he
           may
           have
           it
           ,
           plainly
           betrays
           a
           defect
           in
           his
           Faith
           ;
           since
           nothing
           can
           hinder
           us
           from
           feeding
           on
           the
           Body
           and
           Blood
           of
           our
           Saviour
           in
           his
           Supper
           but
           want
           of
           Faith
           to
           feed
           on
           him
           in
           our
           Hearts
           ,
           and
           therefore
           when
           we
           wilfully
           neglect
           the
           use
           of
           these
           Signs
           ,
           we
           must
           not
           expect
           the
           
             Spiritual
             Grace
             or
             Benefit
             from
             God
             ,
          
           that
           is
           ,
           
             the
             Communion
             of
             the
             Body
             and
             Blood
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           which
           is
           the
           third
           thing
           required
           in
           a
           Sacrament
           .
        
         
           I
           am
           afraid
           few
           are
           truly
           convinced
           of
           this
           Truth
           ,
           and
           yet
           till
           the
           generality
           be
           convinced
           of
           it
           ,
           we
           can
           never
           expect
           a
           constant
           Celebration
           of
           this
           Sacrament
           from
           Ministers
           ,
           or
           a
           constant
           Receiving
           of
           it
           from
           the
           People
           ;
           nor
           will
           it
           be
           possible
           to
           restore
           the
           Discipline
           of
           the
           Church
           to
           its
           vigour
           ,
           till
           People
           apprehend
           the
           Danger
           of
           not
           Communicating
           ;
           for
           the
           Force
           of
           Discipline
           depends
           chiefly
           on
           keeping
           refractory
           Sinners
           from
           the
           
           Lord's
           -
           Supper
           :
           The
           want
           of
           which
           ,
           by
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           is
           so
           penal
           ,
           that
           whoever
           in
           earnest
           believes
           it
           ,
           will
           readily
           submit
           to
           any
           terms
           that
           are
           not
           directly
           sinful
           ,
           rather
           than
           be
           debarred
           from
           it
           .
        
         
           Baptism
           is
           the
           other
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           which
           Christ
           Instituted
           ,
           Matthew
           28.19
           .
           
             Go
             ye
             therefore
             and
             teach
             all
             Nations
             ,
             Baptising
             them
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             Son
             ,
             and
             Holy
             Ghost
             .
          
           The
           Spiriritual
           Grace
           or
           Benefit
           of
           which
           is
           declared
           to
           us
           ,
           Rom.
           6.4
           .
           
             We
             are
             buried
             with
             him
             by
             Baptism
             into
             Death
             ;
             that
             like
             as
             Christ
             was
             raised
             from
             the
             dead
             by
             the
             glory
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             even
             so
             we
             also
             should
             walk
             in
             newness
             of
             Life
             .
             A
             Death
          
           therefore
           
             unto
             Sin
             ,
             and
             a
             new
             Birth
             unto
             Righteousness
          
           is
           the
           Spiritual
           Grace
           or
           Benefit
           signified
           by
           the
           
             Outward
             Sign
             of
             Water
          
           ,
           appointed
           by
           Christ
           in
           Baptism
           :
           
           which
           is
           the
           first
           thing
           necessary
           to
           a
           Sacrament
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Christ
           has
           promised
           ,
           Mark
           16.16
           .
           
             That
             he
             that
             believeth
             and
             is
             baptised
             shall
             be
             saved
             :
          
           Which
           is
           an
           Obligation
           on
           God
           by
           his
           promise
           ,
           to
           give
           to
           those
           who
           rightly
           use
           this
           Sign
           the
           
             Spiritual
             Grace
          
           or
           Benefit
           signified
           by
           it
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           second
           thing
           requisite
           in
           a
           Sacrament
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           wilful
           neglect
           or
           refusal
           of
           this
           Sacrament
           is
           damnable
           ,
           and
           depriveth
           the
           obstinate
           refuser
           of
           the
           
             Spiritual
             Benefit
          
           signified
           in
           it
           ;
           according
           to
           John
           3.5
           .
           
             Except
             a
             Man
             be
             born
             of
             Water
             and
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             he
             cannot
             enter
             into
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God.
          
           Which
           is
           the
           third
           thing
           we
           find
           requisite
           in
           a
           Sacrament
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           now
           in
           the
           Second
           Place
           see
           whether
           our
           Church
           ascribes
           any
           of
           these
           to
           the
           
             Cross
             in
             Baptism
          
           ;
           for
           if
           we
           do
           not
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           great
           misrepresentation
           to
           say
           as
           Mr.
           Boyse
           doth
           ,
           p.
           164.
           
           That
           
             there
             wants
             nothing
             but
          
           Divine
           Institution
           
             to
             make
             it
             as
             much
             a
             Sacrament
             as
             Baptism
             it self
             .
          
        
         
           First
           then
           ,
           we
           do
           not
           Teach
           that
           the
           
             Sign
             of
             the
             Cross
          
           was
           
             Instituted
             by
             God
          
           to
           signifie
           any
           
             Spiritual
             Grace
             or
             Benefit
          
           we
           expect
           from
           him
           .
           On
           the
           contrary
           it
           signifies
           only
           the
           Duty
           we
           owe
           to
           God.
           It
           is
           not
           used
           to
           signifie
           any
           
             Grace
             or
             Benefit
          
           communicated
           from
           God
           to
           us
           ,
           as
           Signs
           do
           in
           Sacraments
           ;
           but
           only
           to
           signifie
           the
           return
           we
           ought
           to
           make
           to
           God
           for
           the
           Benefits
           he
           has
           vouchsafed
           us
           in
           Baptism
           :
           That
           is
           ,
           
             Not
             to
             be
             ashamed
             of
             Christ
             Crucified
             ,
             but
             manfully
             to
             Fight
             under
             his
             Banner
             ,
             and
             continue
             his
             Soldiers
             and
             Servants
             .
          
        
         
           The
           first
           Thing
           therefore
           necessary
           to
           the
           nature
           of
           a
           Sacrament
           is
           altogether
           wanting
           to
           the
           
             Sign
             of
             the
             Cross.
          
           And
           it
           was
           incumbent
           on
           Mr.
           Boyse
           to
           shew
           us
           what
           
             Spiritual
             Grace
          
           or
           Benefit
           from
           God
           this
           Sign
           signified
           with
           us
           ,
           before
           he
           affirmed
           it
           to
           want
           nothing
           to
           make
           it
           a
           Sacrament
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           Baptism
           :
           
           For
           since
           Baptism
           signifies
           
             A
             death
             unto
             Sin
             ,
             and
             a
             new
             birth
             unto
             Righteousness
             ,
          
           which
           are
           Spiritual
           Graces
           we
           expect
           immediately
           from
           God
           ,
           he
           ought
           to
           have
           shew'd
           some
           such
           
             Spiritual
             Graces
          
           or
           Benefits
           which
           we
           imploy
           the
           Cross
           to
           signifie
           ,
           or
           else
           it
           plainly
           wants
           this
           part
           of
           the
           Nature
           of
           a
           Sacrament
           .
        
         
           But
           Secondly
           ,
           The
           second
           part
           is
           as
           much
           wanting
           .
           Our
           Church
           never
           Taught
           that
           God
           was
           obliged
           by
           any
           promise
           ,
           or
           that
           we
           ought
           to
           expect
           on
           our
           due
           use
           of
           the
           
             Sign
             of
             the
             Cross
          
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           grant
           us
           any
           
             greater
             Benefit
          
           by
           it
           .
           On
           the
           contrary
           ,
           we
           unanimously
           Teach
           that
           the
           Cross
           is
           not
           used
           to
           signifie
           any
           
             Spiritual
             Grace
             or
             Benefit
          
           expected
           from
           God
           ,
           but
           to
           profess
           and
           declare
           a
           duty
           of
           ours
           to
           him
           ,
           even
           
             that
             we
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             ashamed
             of
             his
             Sufferings
          
           :
           Our
           Church
           Teacheth
           us
           to
           expect
           ,
           that
           whereas
           
             by
             Nature
             we
             are
             Children
             of
             Wrath
             ,
          
           we
           shall
           
             in
             Baptism
             be
             made
             Children
             of
             God.
          
           And
           in
           the
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           
           Lord's
           -
           Supper
           ,
           we
           are
           Taught
           to
           expect
           
             The
             strengthning
             and
             refreshing
             of
             our
             Souls
             by
             the
             Body
             and
             Blood
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           as
           our
           Bodies
           are
           by
           Bread
           and
           Wine
           :
           But
           we
           are
           not
           Taught
           to
           expect
           any
           such
           thing
           in
           the
           use
           of
           the
           
             Sign
             of
             the
             Cross
          
           ,
           or
           that
           God
           has
           annexed
           any
           such
           promise
           to
           it
           :
           And
           therefore
           to
           alledge
           that
           according
           to
           our
           Church
           there
           is
           nothing
           wanting
           but
           
             Divine
             Institution
          
           to
           make
           the
           
             Sign
             of
             the
             Cross
          
           ,
           as
           much
           a
           Sacrament
           as
           
             Baptism
             it self
          
           ,
           is
           a
           misrepresentation
           ,
           without
           ground
           or
           colour
           .
           Let
           me
           add
           that
           this
           Obligation
           on
           God
           by
           promise
           ,
           to
           grant
           us
           the
           
             Spiritual
             Grace
          
           or
           Benefit
           signified
           by
           it
           ,
           on
           our
           due
           use
           of
           the
           Sign
           ,
           is
           the
           very
           thing
           that
           Constitutes
           a
           Sacrament
           ,
           and
           distinguishes
           it
           from
           all
           other
           Signes
           ;
           and
           this
           being
           wanting
           ,
           tho'
           a
           Sign
           ,
           had
           all
           other
           things
           like
           a
           Sacrament
           ,
           yet
           it
           would
           be
           no
           more
           a
           Sacrament
           ,
           then
           an
           Image
           ,
           that
           in
           every
           thing
           else
           (
           except
           a
           Soul
           )
           were
           like
           a
           Man
           wou'd
           be
           a
           Man.
           
        
         
         
           But
           Thirdly
           ,
           As
           the
           two
           First
           things
           necessary
           to
           a
           Sacrament
           are
           wanting
           to
           it
           ,
           according
           to
           our
           Doctrine
           ,
           so
           is
           the
           Third
           ;
           since
           we
           do
           not
           Teach
           that
           the
           neglecting
           or
           omitting
           this
           Sign
           deprives
           us
           of
           any
           
             Spiritual
             Grace
          
           .
           If
           we
           wilfully
           neglect
           or
           refuse
           Baptism
           't
           is
           a
           damnable
           Sin
           ,
           and
           deprives
           us
           of
           our
           Title
           to
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           Heaven
           :
           And
           the
           like
           we
           Teach
           concerning
           wilful
           neglect
           of
           the
           
           Lord's
           -
           Supper
           ,
           That
           it
           deprives
           us
           of
           the
           Nourishment
           which
           we
           should
           derive
           from
           the
           participation
           of
           the
           Body
           and
           Blood
           of
           Christ.
           But
           we
           never
           Taught
           any
           such
           thing
           concerning
           the
           
             Sign
             of
             the
             Cross.
          
           Neither
           can
           any
           such
           thing
           be
           shewed
           in
           our
           
             Articles
             ▪
             Canons
          
           ,
           or
           Offices
           :
           On
           the
           contrary
           ,
           the
           30th
           .
           Canon
           expresly
           Teaches
           ▪
           That
           the
           
             Sign
             of
             the
             Cross
          
           ,
           used
           after
           Baptism
           ,
           addeth
           nothing
           to
           the
           Vertue
           or
           Perfection
           thereof
           :
           Nor
           if
           it
           be
           omitted
           ,
           doth
           it
           take
           any
           thing
           from
           the
           substance
           or
           efficacy
           thereof
           .
           And
           accordingly
           when
           omitted
           in
           
             private
             Baptism
          
           by
           Order
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           't
           is
           declared
           that
           
             in
             that
             case
             all
             is
             well
             done
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             due
             Order
             concerning
             Baptising
             the
             Child
             .
          
           I
           conclude
           therefore
           ,
           directly
           contrary
           to
           what
           Mr.
           Boyse
           alledges
           ,
           
             That
             besides
             Divine
             Institution
             ,
             every
             thing
             is
             wanting
             to
             make
             the
             Sign
             of
             the
             Cross
             a
             Sacrament
             ,
             that
             is
             proper
             to
             Baptism
             or
             any
             other
             Sacrament
             :
          
           And
           I
           must
           profess
           that
           I
           find
           as
           little
           strength
           in
           this
           Argument
           again
           the
           Cross
           as
           in
           any
           that
           Mr.
           Boyse
           has
           produced
           on
           the
           other
           Heads
           ;
           and
           the
           whole
           force
           of
           it
           seems
           to
           me
           to
           proceed
           from
           two
           Mistakes
           concerning
           the
           Nature
           of
           Sacraments
           .
           First
           ,
           As
           if
           they
           were
           Signs
           from
           us
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           not
           wholly
           from
           God
           to
           us
           .
           And
           Secondly
           ,
           As
           if
           we
           were
           to
           learn
           the
           Nature
           of
           Sacraments
           from
           the
           Schools
           ,
           and
           the
           partial
           Definitions
           of
           interested
           Disputants
           ,
           and
           not
           from
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           only
           .
           Hence
           he
           has
           not
           given
           us
           one
           place
           of
           Scripture
           to
           prove
           his
           imperfect
           Account
           of
           a
           Sacrament
           ,
           p.
           464.
           
           But
           instead
           thereof
           tells
           us
           of
           the
           
           Cross
           being
           
             set
             up
             to
             represent
             Christ
             Crucified
             .
          
           Our
           being
           
             brought
             under
             solemn
             Obligations
             to
             confess
             the
             Faith
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           of
           
             Moral
             Casuality
             ascribed
             to
             this
             Ceremony
             .
          
           All
           which
           have
           little
           to
           do
           with
           the
           
             Nature
             of
             a
             Sacrament
          
           .
           I
           would
           have
           you
           better
           consider
           for
           what
           a
           Sacrament
           is
           intended
           ,
           then
           that
           you
           should
           be
           led
           to
           use
           these
           as
           the
           only
           Design
           of
           it
           :
           If
           we
           keep
           to
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Words
           thereof
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           laid
           them
           down
           ,
           we
           shall
           have
           a
           much
           better
           understanding
           of
           its
           Nature
           .
        
         
           III.
           But
           to
           proceed
           in
           the
           Third
           place
           ,
           I
           say
           that
           
             the
             use
             of
             the
             Cross
             in
             Baptism
             is
             Warranted
             by
             Scripture
             .
          
           And
           here
           I
           must
           desire
           leave
           to
           be
           something
           large
           and
           particular
           ,
           that
           I
           may
           explain
           this
           Point
           to
           ordinary
           Capacities
           :
           And
           in
           order
           to
           enable
           you
           to
           judge
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           desire
           you
           to
           consider
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           we
           are
           obliged
           to
           express
           the
           inward
           Reverence
           and
           Sense
           of
           our
           Minds
           concerning
           God
           ,
           by
           some
           outward
           means
           ;
           whereby
           we
           may
           preserve
           and
           increase
           that
           Sense
           in
           our selves
           ,
           and
           may
           make
           appear
           to
           others
           what
           we
           think
           of
           God
           and
           Holy
           Things
           .
           Thus
           we
           are
           obliged
           to
           express
           our
           Sense
           of
           God's
           Excellencies
           ,
           by
           Praises
           ;
           our
           Sense
           of
           our
           Dependance
           on
           him
           ,
           by
           
             Confession
             of
             his
             Power
          
           and
           Prayers
           ;
           our
           Sense
           of
           having
           
             Offended
             him
          
           by
           
             Confession
             of
             our
             Sins
          
           ,
           and
           our
           
             Resolution
             of
             Amendment
          
           by
           Promises
           and
           Vows
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Scriptures
           command
           us
           to
           express
           these
           inward
           Thoughts
           and
           Sense
           of
           our
           Minds
           ,
           by
           Actions
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           by
           Words
           .
           Thus
           we
           express
           the
           Submission
           of
           our
           Minds
           ,
           by
           Adoration
           ;
           our
           Humility
           before
           God
           ,
           by
           Kneeling
           or
           Prostration
           ,
           &c.
           
           Which
           Actions
           ,
           the
           Scriptures
           have
           as
           much
           Warranted
           ,
           in
           our
           Addresses
           to
           God
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           Words
           ,
           and
           generally
           speaking
           ,
           they
           are
           rather
           more
           Effectual
           and
           Sincere
           Expressions
           of
           the
           Sense
           of
           our
           Minds
           ,
           then
           Words
           .
        
         
         
           3.
           
           The
           Scriptures
           teach
           us
           to
           Express
           our
           Thoughts
           and
           Sense
           of
           our
           Minds
           ,
           in
           such
           Words
           and
           Actions
           as
           on
           other
           serious
           Occasions
           serve
           to
           express
           the
           like
           Sense
           and
           Dispositions
           of
           Mind
           :
           So
           that
           we
           are
           not
           to
           invent
           new
           Words
           or
           Actions
           to
           signifie
           our
           Submission
           or
           Thankfulness
           ,
           &c.
           to
           God
           ;
           but
           we
           are
           to
           use
           such
           as
           the
           general
           Custom
           of
           our
           Country
           have
           made
           significant
           in
           the
           like
           Cases
           ;
           for
           by
           using
           them
           ,
           our
           Neighbours
           will
           best
           understand
           us
           ,
           and
           we
           our selves
           will
           be
           most
           likely
           to
           be
           stirred
           up
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           That
           it
           is
           our
           Duty
           to
           use
           these
           Actions
           in
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ,
           will
           appear
           from
           the
           whole
           Tenour
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           :
           Thus
           ,
           because
           
             bowing
             the
             Body
          
           in
           all
           places
           of
           the
           World
           argues
           Respect
           ,
           therefore
           the
           Scriptures
           warrant
           our
           bowing
           when
           we
           come
           into
           God's
           Presence
           :
           Thus
           ,
           because
           by
           the
           general
           Custom
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           Kneeling
           is
           a
           token
           of
           humbly
           Supplicating
           those
           to
           whom
           we
           Kneel
           ;
           therefore
           in
           our
           Confessions
           and
           humblest
           Addresses
           to
           God
           the
           Scriptures
           prescribe
           to
           us
           to
           Kneel
           ;
           Thus
           ,
           because
           Servants
           stand
           when
           they
           attend
           their
           Masters
           ,
           therefore
           in
           our
           Praises
           and
           in
           some
           other
           Services
           we
           pay
           to
           God
           ,
           the
           Scriptures
           Warrant
           us
           to
           stand
           .
           Thus
           ,
           because
           in
           the
           Eastern
           Countries
           those
           that
           came
           into
           the
           Courts
           of
           Princes
           put
           off
           their
           Shoes
           out
           of
           neatness
           or
           respect
           ,
           therefore
           God
           sometime
           required
           his
           Worshippers
           to
           approach
           his
           presence
           in
           the
           like
           manner
           .
           Thus
           ,
           because
           it
           was
           the
           Custom
           for
           Masters
           to
           give
           their
           Servants
           a
           
             new
             Name
          
           ,
           at
           their
           admission
           into
           their
           Families
           ,
           therefore
           God
           gave
           Abraham
           a
           
             new
             Name
          
           ,
           at
           his
           admitting
           him
           to
           his
           peculiar
           Service
           ;
           and
           hence
           came
           the
           Custom
           of
           giving
           a
           Name
           at
           Circumcision
           .
           Thus
           ,
           it
           was
           the
           Custom
           of
           the
           World
           to
           express
           a
           Sense
           of
           deep
           Sorrow
           by
           Fasting
           ,
           lying
           on
           the
           Ground
           ,
           covering
           themselves
           with
           Sackcloath
           ,
           Renting
           their
           Garments
           ,
           and
           Beating
           their
           Bodies
           ;
           and
           hence
           we
           find
           Holy
           
           Men
           using
           all
           these
           ,
           to
           express
           their
           Sorrow
           for
           their
           Sins
           .
           Thus
           ,
           they
           expressed
           their
           Religious
           as
           well
           as
           Civil
           Joy
           ,
           by
           Singing
           ,
           Feasting
           ,
           Dancing
           ,
           sending
           Portions
           to
           their
           Friends
           ,
           by
           White
           Garments
           ,
           and
           more
           then
           Ordinary
           Neatness
           in
           their
           Dress
           And
           of
           this
           Nature
           there
           are
           many
           other
           Instances
           ,
           which
           fully
           shew
           us
           ,
           That
           ,
           the
           Scriptures
           warrant
           us
           to
           make
           use
           of
           such
           fit
           Actions
           to
           express
           our
           Thoughts
           and
           Sense
           of
           Religious
           Things
           ,
           as
           the
           Custom
           of
           each
           Country
           has
           made
           proper
           and
           significant
           to
           express
           the
           Passions
           of
           our
           Minds
           on
           other
           Occasions
           ;
           and
           do
           no
           more
           bind
           us
           to
           the
           particular
           Actions
           of
           Holy
           Men
           mentioned
           therein
           ,
           if
           they
           have
           lost
           their
           Significancy
           ,
           then
           they
           bind
           us
           to
           their
           Words
           ,
           which
           we
           do
           not
           understand
           .
           This
           appears
           from
           many
           Instances
           of
           Scripture
           -
           Actions
           now
           disus'd
           by
           us
           ,
           and
           of
           others
           brought
           into
           use
           ,
           Particularly
           ,
           that
           of
           
             Uncovering
             the
             Head
          
           ;
           an
           Action
           never
           used
           in
           Scripture
           as
           a
           Sign
           of
           Reverence
           ,
           yet
           lawfully
           used
           by
           us
           (
           from
           the
           forementioned
           implyed
           Rule
           of
           Scripture
           )
           because
           Custom
           has
           given
           it
           a
           general
           Signification
           of
           Respect
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           
             Glorying
             in
             the
             Sufferings
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           professing
           our selves
           ready
           to
           follow
           him
           ,
           even
           to
           the
           most
           ignominious
           Death
           on
           the
           Cross
           ,
           is
           a
           Duty
           incumbent
           on
           us
           by
           the
           Scripture
           ,
           Gal.
           6.14
           .
           
             God
             forbid
             I
             should
             Glory
             save
             in
             the
             Cross
             of
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           therefore
           we
           ought
           to
           express
           this
           Duty
           ,
           and
           Glory
           in
           it
           ,
           by
           such
           outward
           Means
           as
           are
           most
           proper
           ,
           and
           do
           most
           effectually
           and
           generally
           Signifie
           it
           .
           And
           since
           by
           universal
           Custom
           there
           are
           Actions
           as
           well
           as
           Words
           that
           signifie
           this
           our
           
             Glorying
             in
             the
             Cross
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           Scripture-Precedents
           warrant
           and
           oblige
           us
           to
           use
           both
           .
        
         
           5.
           
           Making
           the
           
             Sign
             of
             the
             Cross
          
           ,
           is
           an
           Action
           which
           Universal
           Custom
           in
           all
           Ages
           and
           Churches
           since
           the
           Apostles
           Time
           till
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           have
           applyed
           
           to
           Signifie
           your
           
             Glorying
             in
             the
             Sufferings
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           't
           is
           understood
           by
           all
           those
           that
           have
           heard
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           tho'
           Enemies
           to
           it
           ,
           to
           have
           this
           Signification
           .
           Therefore
           the
           Scriptures
           warrant
           the
           use
           of
           it
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           
             standing
             uncovered
          
           in
           token
           of
           Reverence
           at
           our
           Prayers
           ,
           and
           the
           Scriptures
           themselves
           have
           given
           the
           occasion
           and
           ground
           and
           warrant
           for
           this
           signification
           of
           the
           Cross
           ,
           by
           expressing
           our
           undertaking
           and
           owning
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           by
           the
           phrase
           of
           taking
           up
           the
           Cross
           ,
           Matt.
           16.24
           .
           
             If
             any
             Man
             will
             come
             after
             me
             ,
             let
             him
             deny
             himself
             and
             take
             up
             his
             Cross
             and
             follow
             me
          
           ;
           and
           1
           Cor.
           1.17
           .
           
             Preaching
             the
             Cross
          
           is
           Preaching
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           And
           in
           several
           other
           Places
           the
           Whole
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           as
           Christian
           ,
           is
           signified
           by
           the
           Cross
           :
           Therefore
           to
           signifie
           our
           Professing
           and
           
             Glorying
             in
             Christ
             Crucified
          
           ,
           by
           making
           the
           
             Sign
             of
             the
             Cross
          
           ,
           has
           better
           Foundation
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           and
           is
           much
           more
           warranted
           by
           universal
           Custom
           then
           
             uncovering
             the
             Head
          
           has
           to
           signifie
           Reverence
           ,
           of
           which
           there
           is
           no
           Dispute
           between
           us
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           is
           agreeable
           .
        
         
           6.
           
           'T
           is
           very
           proper
           at
           Baptism
           to
           make
           a
           Profession
           of
           our
           
             Glorying
             in
             the
             Cross
             of
             Christ
          
           ;
           because
           we
           then
           solemnly
           engage
           to
           
             take
             it
             up
          
           ;
           that
           is
           (
           as
           before
           explained
           )
           to
           take
           upon
           us
           his
           whole
           Religion
           .
           To
           make
           such
           a
           Profession
           by
           Words
           ,
           of
           this
           and
           of
           all
           the
           Duties
           we
           then
           undertake
           I
           think
           is
           owned
           to
           be
           lawful
           by
           all
           ;
           and
           we
           think
           very
           requisite
           ;
           and
           accordingly
           require
           it
           from
           every
           one
           who
           is
           Baptised
           .
        
         
           I
           Add
           in
           the
           7th
           .
           place
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           not
           only
           warrantable
           to
           do
           it
           by
           Words
           ,
           but
           likewise
           by
           Actions
           .
           This
           must
           appear
           reasonable
           to
           you
           ,
           if
           you
           reflect
           on
           your
           own
           Practice
           ,
           in
           giving
           your
           Children
           Names
           at
           your
           Baptism
           ;
           which
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           already
           shewed
           ,
           signifies
           your
           giving
           up
           their
           Names
           to
           Christ
           ,
           and
           engaging
           them
           to
           be
           Christ's
           Servants
           .
           Your
           Names
           
           therefore
           are
           a
           lasting
           Badge
           and
           Token
           to
           you
           through
           your
           whole
           Lives
           ,
           of
           your
           Dedications
           to
           Christ's
           Service
           ,
           and
           an
           Obligation
           on
           you
           to
           behave
           your Selves
           accordingly
           ,
           yet
           this
           
             Significant
             Ceremony
          
           ,
           added
           to
           Baptism
           ,
           has
           nothing
           of
           a
           Sacrament
           in
           it
           ,
           any
           more
           then
           I
           have
           shew'd
           the
           
             Sign
             of
             the
             Cross
          
           to
           have
           ;
           and
           both
           are
           equally
           warranted
           by
           Scripture
           .
        
         
           This
           you
           ought
           the
           rather
           to
           observe
           ,
           because
           the
           only
           Question
           your
           Directory
           requires
           to
           be
           put
           to
           the
           Person
           that
           offers
           the
           Child
           to
           Baptism
           ▪
           is
           concerning
           the
           Name
           thereof
           ;
           having
           left
           out
           those
           Scripture
           Questions
           that
           relate
           to
           the
           Faith
           and
           Obligations
           into
           which
           the
           Child
           is
           Baptised
           .
        
         
           I
           wou'd
           desire
           you
           likewise
           to
           reflect
           on
           another
           Ceremony
           you
           have
           added
           to
           the
           other
           Sacrament
           ,
           I
           mean
           
             giving
             Tickets
          
           to
           such
           as
           are
           to
           be
           admitted
           to
           the
           Lord's-Supper
           ,
           upon
           offering
           of
           which
           they
           are
           admitted
           to
           that
           Priviledge
           :
           In
           this
           Ceremony
           (
           for
           so
           I
           must
           call
           it
           )
           there
           is
           an
           
             Outward
             and
             Visible
             Sign
          
           ,
           a
           Ticket
           .
           2
           dly
           ,
           An
           
             Inward
             and
             Spiritual
             Grace
          
           ,
           your
           Aptitude
           and
           Title
           to
           the
           Lord's-Supper
           and
           Communion
           of
           Saints
           ,
           found
           on
           your
           Examination
           when
           you
           receive
           the
           Ticket
           .
           3
           dly
           ,
           It
           is
           a
           
             Badge
             and
             Token
          
           whereby
           Priviledged
           Members
           are
           distinguished
           from
           those
           that
           are
           without
           .
           Lastly
           ,
           It
           is
           a
           sort
           of
           a
           necessary
           
             Term
             of
             Communion
          
           ,
           since
           those
           that
           neglect
           this
           Badge
           shall
           not
           be
           admitted
           to
           the
           Sacrament
           ,
           yet
           I
           suppose
           you
           reckon
           this
           Badge
           or
           Symbol
           of
           Communion
           to
           be
           Warranted
           by
           the
           general
           Rules
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           tho'
           it
           is
           plain
           there
           is
           no
           such
           Ground
           for
           it
           there
           ,
           as
           for
           the
           Use
           of
           the
           Cross.
           But
        
         
           8
           thly
           ,
           We
           are
           not
           without
           Scripture-Precedents
           of
           signifying
           the
           particular
           Obligations
           that
           lye
           on
           us
           in
           the
           Sacraments
           ,
           by
           Actions
           as
           well
           as
           Words
           .
           Since
           our
           Saviour
           signified
           the
           Humility
           and
           Love
           
           we
           ought
           to
           bear
           towards
           one
           another
           ,
           by
           
             Washing
             his
             Disciples
             Feet
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Institution
           of
           the
           
           Lord's
           -
           Supper
           ;
           and
           St.
           Peter
           ,
           who
           refused
           this
           significant
           Ceremony
           ,
           was
           severely
           threatened
           for
           it
           .
           Thus
           ,
           dipping
           intirely
           under
           Water
           in
           Baptism
           ,
           was
           a
           significant
           Ceremony
           we
           find
           sometimes
           used
           ,
           as
           a
           Token
           of
           our
           being
           
             buried
             with
             Christ
             in
             Baptism
          
           ;
           to
           which
           Signification
           the
           Apostle
           alludes
           ,
           Rom.
           6.4
           .
           
             Therefore
             we
             are
             buried
             with
             him
             by
             Baptism
             into
             Death
             .
          
           And
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           ,
           Col.
           1.12
           .
           There
           was
           another
           Ceremony
           of
           Baptism
           which
           consisted
           in
           the
           
             Change
             of
             Cloaths
          
           ;
           and
           this
           was
           likewise
           Significant
           ,
           and
           the
           Apostle
           alludes
           to
           it
           ,
           Gal.
           3.27
           .
           
             For
             as
             many
             of
             you
             as
             have
             been
             Baptised
             into
             Christ
             have
             put
             on
             Christ
          
           :
           And
           to
           the
           same
           allude
           those
           Phrases
           of
           
             putting
             off
             the
             Old
             Man
          
           ,
           and
           
             putting
             on
             the
             New
          
           ;
           as
           is
           confessed
           by
           the
           best
           Interpreters
           :
           And
           the
           Apostle
           useth
           them
           not
           only
           to
           signifie
           the
           Duties
           and
           Obligations
           we
           undertake
           at
           Baptism
           ,
           but
           likewise
           to
           stir
           us
           up
           to
           perform
           them
           .
        
         
           The
           like
           is
           observable
           in
           the
           
           Lord's
           -
           Supper
           ;
           the
           particular
           Duties
           of
           which
           are
           signified
           in
           Scripture
           by
           several
           Ceremonies
           annexed
           to
           the
           Celebration
           thereof
           .
           'T
           is
           a
           special
           Duty
           to
           lay
           aside
           all
           Hatred
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           in
           perfect
           Charity
           with
           one
           another
           ,
           when
           we
           come
           to
           that
           Sacrament
           ;
           And
           this
           Duty
           was
           signified
           first
           by
           an
           
             Holy
             Kiss
          
           mentioned
           Rom.
           16.16
           .
           and
           in
           several
           other
           Places
           of
           Scripture
           .
           And
           2
           dly
           ,
           by
           
             Feasts
             of
             Charity
          
           described
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           11.
           and
           mentioned
           Jude
           12.
           both
           which
           continued
           many
           Years
           in
           the
           Church
           ,
           as
           Tokens
           and
           Badges
           and
           Symbols
           of
           the
           Duty
           of
           Charity
           ,
           which
           were
           profess'd
           in
           that
           Sacrament
           :
           And
           yet
           none
           of
           all
           these
           particular
           Ceremonies
           can
           be
           term'd
           Sacraments
           ;
           from
           all
           which
           I
           conclude
           that
           it
           is
           as
           proper
           and
           as
           agreeable
           to
           Scripture
           to
           signifie
           our
           Obligation
           in
           Baptism
           ,
           
             not
             to
             be
             ashamed
             of
             Christ
             Crucified
             ,
          
           by
           making
           
           the
           
             Sign
             of
             the
             Cross
          
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           to
           signifie
           our
           Love
           and
           Unity
           by
           a
           Kiss
           or
           a
           Feast
           ;
           and
           by
           consequence
           ,
           
             that
             the
             use
             of
             the
             Cross
             in
             Baptism
             is
             Warranted
             by
             Scripture
             .
          
        
         
           To
           Conclude
           ,
           neither
           Scripture
           nor
           Reason
           hinder
           us
           from
           using
           such
           Signs
           in
           Expressing
           or
           Professing
           our
           Duty
           to
           God
           ,
           as
           properly
           and
           by
           general
           Consent
           signifie
           it
           .
           On
           the
           Contrary
           ,
           they
           Warrant
           us
           to
           use
           such
           Signs
           as
           well
           as
           Words
           ;
           which
           Words
           are
           Signs
           themselves
           ,
           made
           Sgnificant
           only
           by
           Custom
           ;
           whereas
           many
           Actions
           have
           the
           ground
           of
           their
           Significancy
           from
           Nature
           .
        
         
           But
           here
           we
           must
           take
           care
           not
           to
           institute
           Signs
           to
           signifie
           and
           oblige
           God
           to
           confer
           his
           Favours
           or
           Grace
           on
           us
           :
           For
           that
           were
           to
           limit
           him
           ;
           and
           't
           is
           only
           he
           ,
           by
           his
           Institution
           and
           Promise
           ,
           can
           so
           oblige
           himself
           .
           The
           want
           of
           distinguishing
           between
           these
           two
           sort
           of
           Signs
           ,
           seems
           to
           me
           to
           have
           occasioned
           all
           those
           Objections
           against
           the
           
             Sign
             of
             the
             Cross
          
           ,
           which
           are
           commonly
           urged
           to
           us
           as
           if
           we
           made
           it
           a
           Sacrament
           .
        
         
           That
           which
           therefore
           was
           incumbent
           on
           Mr.
           Boyse
           in
           this
           Point
           ,
           was
           to
           prove
           by
           Scripture
           ,
           That
           
             it
             is
             unlawful
             to
             signifie
             or
             express
             the
             particular
             Duties
             we
             undertake
             in
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             by
             Actions
             that
             are
             by
             general
             Custom
             expressive
             of
             those
             Duties
             .
          
           Otherwise
           ,
           to
           declare
           this
           to
           be
           unlawful
           ,
           is
           the
           same
           Presumption
           and
           Offence
           as
           to
           declare
           some
           Meats
           unlawful
           ;
           and
           is
           a
           certain
           Instance
           of
           your
           
             Teaching
             for
             Doctrine
             the
             Commandments
             of
             Men.
          
           For
           to
           say
           an
           Action
           is
           Unlawful
           that
           God
           has
           not
           made
           so
           ,
           is
           the
           same
           Presumption
           and
           Offence
           ,
           as
           to
           say
           certain
           Meats
           are
           Forbidden
           that
           are
           not
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           thing
           seriously
           to
           be
           considered
           by
           you
           .
        
         
           Thus
           much
           I
           have
           thought
           needful
           to
           lay
           before
           you
           concerning
           the
           
             Sign
             of
             the
             Cross
          
           ;
           and
           I
           think
           is
           sufficient
           to
           convince
           any
           unbyas'd
           Person
           ,
           that
           you
           
           have
           no
           cause
           to
           separate
           from
           our
           Worship
           on
           that
           Account
           .
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           rest
           of
           Mr.
           
           Boyse's
           Remarks
           ,
           which
           I
           have
           not
           here
           considered
           ,
           I
           presume
           none
           will
           suspect
           that
           there
           is
           more
           Difficulty
           in
           them
           ,
           than
           in
           the
           Points
           I
           have
           already
           examined
           .
           But
           indeed
           I
           must
           declare
           that
           I
           have
           met
           with
           none
           among
           you
           that
           have
           alledged
           Mr.
           
           Boyse's
           Reasons
           for
           absenting
           themselves
           from
           our
           Publick
           Worship
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           cannot
           think
           it
           material
           to
           go
           about
           to
           confute
           a
           single
           Person
           and
           a
           Stranger
           :
           For
           should
           I
           confute
           his
           Principles
           ,
           perhaps
           you
           ,
           for
           whose
           Satisfaction
           only
           I
           intend
           this
           ,
           wou'd
           think
           your selves
           unconcern'd
           in
           the
           Dispute
           .
           But
           if
           I
           shall
           find
           that
           his
           Objections
           have
           really
           moved
           Scruples
           in
           you
           ,
           and
           your
           Ministers
           will
           give
           their
           full
           approbation
           of
           his
           Book
           ,
           and
           manner
           of
           handling
           this
           Controversie
           ,
           I
           shall
           then
           think
           my self
           oblig'd
           to
           give
           you
           a
           just
           Account
           of
           the
           Whole
           ,
           as
           I
           have
           here
           done
           of
           some
           Parts
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           particularly
           ,
           of
           the
           principal
           
             Matters
             of
             Fact
          
           contained
           in
           it
           :
           The
           Truth
           of
           which
           ,
           if
           any
           persist
           to
           question
           ,
           I
           shall
           then
           also
           Publish
           the
           Vouchers
           and
           Authorities
           I
           have
           for
           them
           ;
           which
           I
           am
           not
           willing
           to
           do
           ,
           out
           of
           tenderness
           to
           you
           as
           well
           as
           on
           other
           Accounts
           till
           the
           last
           Necessity
           .
        
         
           At
           present
           I
           must
           leave
           with
           you
           this
           Caution
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           respect
           of
           Mr.
           
           Boyse's
           Remarks
           ,
           as
           of
           any
           other
           Answer
           that
           may
           come
           out
           to
           my
           Book
           ,
           that
           I
           do
           not
           think
           that
           either
           you
           or
           I
           are
           concern'd
           in
           Arguments
           that
           are
           not
           founded
           on
           Scripture
           ,
           or
           in
           any
           Answers
           to
           my
           Proofs
           that
           contradict
           the
           Letter
           of
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           as
           most
           of
           Mr.
           
           Boyse's
           do
           ;
           particularly
           such
           as
           concern
           saying
           or
           singing
           our
           Psalms
           ,
           answering
           in
           our
           Prayers
           and
           Hymns
           ;
           and
           
             joining
             our
             Voices
          
           in
           our
           Confessions
           and
           Addresses
           to
           God.
           
        
         
         
           To
           Conclude
           ;
           I
           desire
           to
           deal
           with
           you
           as
           becomes
           a
           
             True
             Pastour
          
           ,
           Admonishing
           and
           Instructing
           you
           in
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Meekness
           ;
           I
           neither
           have
           ,
           nor
           can
           have
           any
           indirect
           or
           worldly
           Ends
           in
           telling
           you
           these
           things
           ;
           nor
           can
           you
           imagine
           that
           I
           either
           propose
           or
           design
           any
           Advantage
           to
           my self
           by
           it
           ,
           but
           only
           your
           Good.
           I
           need
           not
           seek
           to
           please
           Men
           ;
           neither
           if
           I
           designed
           it
           ,
           were
           this
           the
           way
           to
           attain
           it
           .
           Some
           Truths
           are
           very
           uneasie
           ,
           and
           I
           know
           that
           nothing
           can
           be
           more
           ungrateful
           to
           you
           ,
           then
           to
           give
           you
           to
           understand
           that
           the
           Worship
           you
           suppose
           so
           pure
           and
           conformable
           to
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           has
           no
           express
           Warrant
           in
           Scripture
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           that
           all
           those
           things
           in
           our
           Worship
           that
           you
           have
           so
           long
           been
           born
           in
           Hand
           to
           be
           only
           
             Inventions
             of
             Men
          
           ,
           are
           really
           the
           Dictates
           of
           God's
           Spirit
           in
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           .
           This
           I
           know
           touches
           you
           very
           near
           ;
           and
           considering
           all
           things
           ,
           I
           cannot
           but
           thank
           you
           ,
           and
           do
           thank
           you
           ,
           for
           the
           Entertainment
           you
           have
           given
           my
           Book
           ;
           and
           I
           hope
           it
           will
           yet
           do
           more
           Good
           among
           you
           .
           I
           must
           again
           intreat
           you
           to
           take
           my
           Addresses
           to
           you
           in
           good
           part
           ;
           and
           not
           to
           be
           offended
           with
           me
           ,
           because
           I
           endeavour
           to
           tell
           you
           the
           Truth
           .
           They
           that
           know
           me
           ,
           will
           allow
           Plain-Dealing
           to
           be
           part
           of
           my
           Character
           .
           But
           remember
           that
           nothing
           is
           more
           apt
           to
           provoke
           Mankind
           then
           Truth
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           meet
           with
           any
           Book
           ,
           written
           in
           Answer
           to
           mine
           ,
           that
           Discovers
           the
           Writer
           to
           have
           been
           in
           a
           Passion
           when
           he
           wrote
           it
           ,
           you
           may
           look
           on
           it
           as
           a
           probable
           Argument
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           what
           I
           have
           proposed
           .
           And
           if
           upon
           reading
           what
           I
           have
           wrote
           ,
           you
           find
           any
           Motion
           within
           your selves
           towards
           Passion
           ,
           consider
           well
           whether
           it
           proceed
           not
           from
           the
           same
           Cause
           ;
           namely
           ,
           my
           declaring
           the
           Truth
           to
           you
           .
        
         
           I
           must
           stand
           or
           fall
           to
           my
           great
           Master
           ,
           as
           to
           my
           Sincerity
           in
           studying
           your
           Good
           ;
           to
           him
           I
           am
           answerable
           for
           the
           discharge
           of
           my
           Office
           ,
           and
           of
           those
           
           Obligations
           from
           it
           under
           which
           I
           lye
           .
           The
           Conscience
           of
           this
           has
           put
           me
           on
           these
           Addresses
           ;
           and
           I
           beseech
           our
           good
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Father
           of
           our
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           who
           purchased
           his
           Church
           with
           his
           Blood
           ,
           and
           promised
           his
           Spirit
           to
           his
           Disciples
           to
           guide
           them
           into
           all
           Truth
           ,
           to
           dispose
           and
           prepare
           your
           Hearts
           for
           the
           Reception
           thereof
           ,
           and
           to
           incline
           you
           to
           hearken
           to
           the
           Instructions
           offered
           you
           out
           of
           his
           Word
           by
        
         
           
             Your
             truly
             Affectionate
             Pastour
             ,
             Will.
             Derry
             .
          
           
             Londonderry
             ,
             
               1.
               
               May
               ,
               1694.
               
            
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
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           Notes for div A47430-e510
           
             
               London
               Morning
               Exercise
            
             ,
             p.
             65.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             14.40
             .