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         Freke, William, 1662-1744.
      
       
         
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             A vindication of the Unitarians, against a late reverend author on the Trinity
             Freke, William, 1662-1744.
          
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             s.n.,
             [London? :
             1687?]
          
           
             Reproduction of original in Huntington Library.
             Caption title.
             On the question of allegiance to William and Mary and on the doctrine of the Trinity, 1689-1693.
             Attributed to William Freke. Cf. Herbert McLachlan in his The story of a nonconformist library. 1923. p. 64.
          
        
      
    
     
       
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           A
           VINDICATION
           OF
           THE
           UNITARIANS
           ,
           Against
           a
           Late
           
             Reverend
             Author
          
           On
           the
           TRINITY
           .
        
         
           
             ENTRANCE
             .
          
           
             
               SIR
               ,
            
          
           
             I
             Dare
             not
             call
             you
             Adversary
             ,
             indeed
             ,
             I
             rather
             believe
             we
             may
             be
             Friends
             ;
             for
             tho'
             there
             may
             be
             a
             mistake
             between
             us
             ,
             yet
             I
             hope
             we
             both
             agree
             in
             a
             sincere
             love
             ,
             and
             search
             for
             Truth
             ;
             and
             in
             what
             we
             differ
             therefore
             ,
             I
             shall
             rather
             seek
             to
             melt
             you
             with
             gentleness
             ,
             than
             to
             subdue
             you
             with
             opposition
             .
          
           
             Page
             150.
             you
             tell
             us
             ,
             
               When
               we
               are
               ready
               ,
               you
               hope
               to
               hear
               from
               us
               again
               :
            
             and
             you
             see
             you
             have
             your
             desire
             ;
             you
             seem
             to
             have
             a
             sincere
             good
             will
             to
             Truth
             your self
             ,
             and
             therefore
             you
             will
             be
             the
             less
             surpriz'd
             to
             see
             it
             in
             others
             ;
             for
             when
             you
             have
             given
             so
             bold
             a
             Challenge
             to
             all
             Unitarians
             ,
             you
             must
             expect
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             but
             little
             respect
             for
             the
             Honour
             ,
             and
             Glory
             of
             God
             ,
             if
             we
             do
             not
             answer
             you
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             true
             ,
             I
             come
             to
             dispute
             you
             ,
             and
             am
             no
             Socinian
             ,
             and
             as
             an
             Arrian
             my
             Hypothesis
             distorts
             your
             Argument
             a
             little
             ;
             but
             as
             we
             are
             both
             joyn'd
             in
             one
             Common
             Cause
             ,
             and
             you
             
               attempt
               to
               deface
            
             the
             Truth
             of
             both
             ,
             so
             you
             must
             think
             ,
             we
             expect
             you
             provide
             your self
             to
             give
             us
             both
             satisfactions
             ,
             for
             tho'
             you
             conquer
             either
             of
             us
             ,
             your
             Work
             's
             but
             half
             done
             .
          
           
             You
             must
             excuse
             me
             therefore
             ,
             if
             I
             mind
             
             not
             your
             Socinian
             Quarrels
             ,
             but
             leaving
             them
             to
             themselves
             ,
             divert
             your
             Argument
             a
             little
             ,
             and
             bring
             in
             a
             third
             Hypothesis
             ;
             you
             shall
             see
             I
             will
             deal
             fairly
             with
             you
             ,
             state
             the
             Matter
             truly
             ,
             and
             proceed
             sincerely
             ,
             and
             clearly
             ;
             whether
             you
             shall
             think
             your self
             obliged
             to
             Reply
             to
             me
             ,
             or
             not
             ,
             upon
             it
             ,
             is
             not
             my
             care
             ,
             if
             I
             can
             but
             rescue
             the
             Honour
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             his
             Unity
             by
             it
             ,
             I
             am
             satisfied
             .
          
        
         
           
             METHOD
             .
          
           
             It
             cannot
             be
             expected
             therefore
             ,
             but
             that
             I
             have
             alter'd
             your
             Method
             ,
             but
             yet
             you
             shall
             see
             withal
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             justly
             collected
             all
             your
             scattered
             Reasons
             together
             ,
             and
             dealt
             faithfully
             with
             you
             ;
             and
             tho'
             the
             change
             of
             the
             Hypothesis
             necessitated
             this
             ,
             yet
             in
             lieu
             of
             it
             ,
             I
             shall
             present
             you
             with
             a
             Method
             both
             shorter
             and
             clearer
             ,
             to
             recompence
             it
             .
          
           
             'T
             is
             plain
             ,
             large
             Volumes
             destroy
             the
             Edge
             of
             Reasoning
             ,
             and
             the
             Vigour
             of
             Sence
             is
             lost
             in
             the
             multitude
             of
             Words
             ;
             I
             have
             chosen
             therefore
             ,
             rather
             to
             be
             short
             and
             sinewy
             ,
             than
             tedious
             and
             loose
             ,
             if
             the
             Foundation
             Reasoning
             be
             bad
             ,
             Corollaries
             fall
             of
             course
             ;
             and
             therefore
             my
             chief
             care
             shall
             be
             ,
             whether
             your
             leading
             and
             ground-work
             Principles
             be
             strong
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             purpose
             ,
             or
             not
             .
          
           
             I
             thank
             God
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             see
             my
             Cause
             so
             weak
             ,
             as
             to
             fly
             to
             Colours
             ,
             or
             that
             I
             should
             use
             undue
             Arts
             for
             a
             shelter
             ;
             and
             therefore
             if
             I
             have
             omitted
             any
             thing
             material
             ,
             I
             protest
             before
             the
             Almighty
             ,
             it
             has
             not
             been
             wilful
             ;
             and
             if
             I
             have
             any
             where
             reprov'd
             you
             ,
             as
             
               God
               is
               my
               witness
            
             ,
             'thas
             been
             where
             Truth
             has
             necessitated
             and
             forc'd
             me
             ;
             and
             if
             I
             have
             wrong'd
             you
             ,
             I
             as
             heartily
             beg
             your
             Pardon
             .
          
           
             In
             short
             ,
             I
             have
             endeavour'd
             with
             the
             most
             serious
             Respect
             ,
             and
             the
             greatest
             Christian
             Charity
             and
             Meekness
             ,
             to
             shew
             you
             where
             you
             have
             err'd
             :
             Indeed
             ,
             I
             have
             not
             spar'd
             to
             advise
             and
             reprove
             you
             where
             I
             ought
             ;
             but
             if
             I
             have
             run
             that
             liberty
             into
             an
             extream
             ,
             or
             been
             faulty
             in
             any
             thing
             ,
             'thas
             been
             my
             frailty
             ,
             and
             not
             my
             guilt
             .
          
           
             All
             that
             I
             know
             farther
             to
             add
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             is
             ,
             That
             perhaps
             you
             may
             wonder
             how
             I
             came
             to
             answer
             you
             so
             soon
             ;
             but
             not
             to
             offend
             you
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             the
             Reason
             is
             obvious
             ,
             though
             Fallacies
             are
             difficult
             ,
             and
             to
             be
             studied
             ,
             yet
             Truth
             is
             natural
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             easily
             answer'd
             .
          
        
         
           
             ADVICE
             .
          
           
             
               1.
               
               Boasting
               .
            
             
               But
               before
               I
               proceed
               further
               ,
               I
               see
               a
               necessity
               ,
               Sir
               ▪
               to
               advise
               you
               of
               two
               Faults
               ,
               Boasting
               and
               Uncharitableness
               ;
               not
               that
               I
               can
               blame
               you
               over-much
               neither
               ,
               nor
               may
               be
               acquit
               myself
               of
               their
               guilts
               ,
               but
               I
               see
               a
               necessity
               to
               level
               these
               two
               Mountains
               in
               you
               ,
               least
               by
               the
               Ignorant
               ,
               these
               Fortresses
               of
               Imagination
               may
               be
               taken
               for
               those
               of
               Reality
               .
            
             
               First
               for
               Boasting
               :
               In
               your
               Preface
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               you
               say
               ,
               
                 You
                 have
                 said
                 too
                 much
                 for
                 us
                 to
                 answer
                 :
              
               And
               it
               may
               be
               so
               ;
               but
               if
               you
               have
               not
               ,
               we
               shall
               seek
               for
               Truth
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               compare
               our selves
               with
               you
               .
               So
               p.
               69
               ,
               you
               call
               
                 our
                 Reason
                 Carnal
              
               :
               And
               pag.
               73
               ,
               you
               tell
               us
               ,
               We
               
                 puzzle
                 and
                 confound
                 our selves
                 with
                 gross
                 and
                 corporeal
                 Idea's
                 of
                 Essence
                 and
                 Substance
                 :
              
               when
               indeed
               ,
               if
               such
               upbraiding
               Expressions
               were
               allowable
               ,
               we
               might
               more
               justly
               reflect
               them
               upon
               the
               Eternal
               Generation
               you
               pretend
               to
               .
            
             
               
                 So
                 you
                 conclude
                 your
                 Book
              
               ,
               pag.
               
                 271.
                 you
                 say
              
               ,
               It
               looks
               like
               a
               Judgment
               upon
               us
               ,
               that
               while
               we
               talk
               of
               nothing
               less
               than
               the
               severest
               Reason
               ,
               we
               impose
               upon
               our selves
               ,
               or
               hope
               to
               impose
               upon
               the
               World
               ,
               by
               the
               
               most
               childish
               Sophistry
               and
               Nonsence
               ;
               
                 and
                 so
              
               pag.
               
                 272
                 ,
                 your
                 last
                 words
                 are
                 ,
                 You
              
               will
               not
               envy
               us
               the
               Satisfaction
               of
               such
               Harangues
               ,
               they
               being
               ,
               
                 you
                 say
              
               ,
               all
               the
               Comfort
               we
               have
               ;
               but
               you
               are
               pretty
               confident
               we
               shall
               never
               le
               able
               to
               reason
               to
               any
               purpose
               in
               this
               Cause
               again
               .
               
                 And
                 what
                 ,
                 Sir
                 ,
                 is
                 not
                 this
                 Insolence
                 ?
              
            
             
               Pray
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               what
               is
               it
               you
               mean
               by
               these
               Triumphs
               ?
               Is
               it
               that
               you
               think
               to
               storm
               and
               brave
               us
               out
               of
               our
               Cause
               ;
               or
               that
               you
               are
               sure
               you
               only
               are
               in
               the
               right
               ?
               or
               that
               if
               you
               had
               the
               worst
               Cause
               ,
               you
               could
               defend
               it
               well
               ?
               Sir
               ,
               my
               Charity
               shall
               speak
               the
               best
               for
               you
               ,
               that
               you
               are
               sure
               you
               only
               are
               in
               the
               right
               ;
               but
               if
               you
               are
               ,
               has
               not
               Modesty
               more
               Charms
               to
               recommend
               you
               by
               ,
               than
               Insolence
               .
               —
            
             
               Excuse
               me
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               I
               dislike
               not
               your
               Zeal
               in
               your
               Preface
               ,
               to
               stick
               to
               your
               Faith
               ,
               I
               rather
               wish
               it
               more
               common
               ;
               for
               were
               it
               ,
               Truth
               had
               scarce
               been
               such
               a
               Stranger
               among
               us
               ;
               nor
               do
               I
               question
               your
               Ingenuity
               ,
               and
               in
               Charity
               I
               hope
               you
               are
               sincere
               too
               ;
               but
               these
               are
               Expressions
               that
               your
               Zeal
               has
               beguil'd
               you
               to
               ,
               that
               want
               a
               Christian
               Modesty
               ,
               and
               tho'
               such
               a
               Confidence
               with
               a
               little
               more
               Humanity
               ,
               might
               become
               an
               Apostle
               ,
               yet
               how
               well
               they
               do
               a
               meaner
               Christian
               ,
               I
               leave
               to
               your self
               to
               judge
               ,
               in
               cooler
               thoughts
               .
            
          
           
             
               2.
               
               Uncharitableness
               .
            
             
               The
               second
               thing
               I
               have
               to
               charge
               you
               with
               ,
               is
               Uncharitableness
               ,
               that
               because
               we
               differ
               in
               Judgment
               from
               you
               ,
               in
               this
               Speculation
               ,
               you
               not
               only
               treat
               us
               like
               Dogs
               ,
               and
               deny
               us
               all
               hopes
               of
               Salvation
               ,
               but
               withal
               you
               manage
               your
               Arguments
               for
               Truth
               accordingly
               ,
               and
               give
               us
               not
               so
               much
               as
               free
               Reasoning
               .
            
             
               
                 Thus
                 you
                 not
                 only
                 abound
                 with
                 Reflections
                 on
                 us
                 ,
                 as
                 in
                 your
                 Preface
                 you
                 say
                 of
                 us
                 ,
                 We
              
               are
               eminent
               for
               nothing
               but
               Blasphemy
               and
               Nonsence
               :
               And
               pag.
               
                 9.
                 you
                 reflect
              
               ,
               It
               becomes
               the
               Wit
               and
               Vnderstanding
               of
               an
               Heretick
               :
               But
               pag.
               
                 24
                 ,
                 you
                 write
                 more
                 freely
                 of
                 us
                 ,
                 and
                 tell
                 us
                 ,
                 You
              
               hope
               the
               Disputes
               of
               Hereticks
               against
               the
               Catholick
               Faith
               ,
               shall
               not
               be
               be
               called
               Controversies
               in
               the
               Churches
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               Now
               ,
               if
               thus
               in
               the
               very
               beginning
               of
               your
               Book
               ,
               you
               shew
               we
               ought
               to
               be
               condemn'd
               before
               we
               are
               heard
               ,
               to
               what
               purpose
               does
               your
               Infallibility
               hold
               a
               Controversie
               with
               us
               ;
               but
               I
               hope
               this
               is
               before
               you
               are
               aware
               ;
               indeed
               in
               a
               Papist
               these
               Expressions
               might
               be
               natural
               enough
               ,
               but
               Protestants
               methinks
               should
               be
               more
               ingenious
               ,
               than
               to
               take
               Errours
               and
               Hercsies
               for
               granted
               .
            
             
               Consider
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               Churches
               have
               err'd
               ,
               and
               may
               err
               ,
               yea
               ,
               in
               Matters
               of
               Faith
               too
               ;
               if
               so
               ,
               who
               is
               to
               be
               blam'd
               ,
               he
               that
               by
               Reasoning
               seeks
               for
               Liberty
               ,
               or
               he
               that
               unjustly
               with-holds
               it
               thro'
               Imposition
               ?
               Did
               we
               seek
               to
               impose
               our
               Hypothesis's
               on
               the
               World
               ,
               we
               were
               as
               much
               to
               be
               blam'd
               as
               you
               ;
               but
               if
               we
               only
               set
               up
               ours
               ,
               to
               confute
               the
               Uncharitableness
               of
               yours
               ,
               wherein
               do
               we
               trespass
               ?
            
             
               You
               say
               ,
               we
               are
               Hereticks
               ,
               and
               have
               no
               Understanding
               :
               And
               whence
               come
               you
               to
               judge
               thus
               freely
               of
               us
               ,
               and
               not
               we
               of
               you
               :
               So
               you
               say
               ,
               we
               blaspheme
               ;
               but
               pray
               is
               not
               your
               Charge
               precarious
               ,
               and
               if
               retorted
               ,
               falls
               it
               not
               as
               heavy
               on
               your self
               ?
               If
               
                 we
                 err
              
               ,
               indeed
               ,
               we
               blaspheme
               the
               Son
               and
               Holy
               Ghost
               ;
               which
               we
               hope
               we
               do
               not
               ;
               but
               if
               you
               err
               ,
               do
               not
               you
               both
               blaspheme
               and
               commit
               Idolatry
               ,
               in
               worshipping
               them
               as
               coequal
               to
               the
               Father
               ?
            
             
               But
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               we
               desire
               to
               have
               a
               Charity
               for
               your
               Misconstructions
               ,
               and
               will
               give
               it
               you
               where
               possible
               ,
               if
               so
               pray
               at
               least
               return
               our
               love
               ,
               you
               see
               we
               stoop
               to
               make
               the
               first
               offer
               ;
               charge
               us
               not
               therefore
               ,
               that
               we
               are
               only
               eminent
               for
               Blasphemy
               and
               
               Nonsence
               ,
               for
               surely
               you
               may
               add
               in
               the
               other
               scale
               ,
               that
               we
               have
               a
               courageable
               good
               will
               to
               Truth
               ,
               are
               some
               of
               us
               perverse
               ,
               or
               do
               some
               of
               us
               revile
               ;
               and
               what
               ,
               are
               such
               Men
               wanting
               quite
               on
               your
               side
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             REFLECTIONS
             .
          
           
             If
             therefore
             you
             leave
             us
             but
             room
             to
             advise
             you
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             the
             Great
             Moses
             left
             Jethro
             ,
             let
             us
             beg
             you
             for
             Christ's
             sake
             to
             cut
             off
             all
             these
             Offences
             ;
             remember
             't
             is
             not
             Generous
             ,
             much
             less
             Christianly
             ,
             to
             discountenance
             a
             weaker
             Brother
             :
             But
             what
             ?
             you
             believe
             not
             me
             ;
             yet
             at
             least
             believe
             my
             Truths
             ;
             for
             surely
             Christ's
             own
             Argument
             will
             hold
             you
             .
          
           
             Can
             you
             expect
             Peace
             in
             Christ's
             Church
             ,
             whilst
             you
             thus
             allarum
             and
             startle
             Mens
             Consciences
             ,
             by
             so
             great
             and
             grievous
             Impositions
             ;
             Or
             what
             ,
             do
             you
             expect
             Men
             should
             have
             no
             Conscience
             or
             Resentment
             for
             Truth
             ?
             If
             you
             do
             not
             ,
             do
             not
             fetter
             them
             thus
             ;
             you
             know
             't
             is
             no
             Argument
             of
             Errour
             to
             be
             singular
             ;
             nay
             ,
             I
             am
             sure
             ,
             you
             know
             very
             well
             ,
             that
             Truth
             is
             rarely
             popular
             ,
             but
             rather
             suppressed
             and
             stifled
             through
             Mens
             Lusts
             .
          
           
             Let
             us
             learn
             therefore
             ,
             to
             let
             Natural
             Religion
             lead
             our
             Revelation
             ,
             else
             the
             Curse
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             will
             fall
             upon
             us
             ,
             and
             tho'
             we
             have
             eyes
             we
             shall
             not
             be
             able
             to
             see
             ,
             nor
             were
             we
             Turks
             should
             we
             be
             capable
             of
             being
             converted
             ;
             indeed
             ,
             when
             we
             are
             bewitch'd
             to
             the
             fury
             of
             a
             prepossess'd
             Zeal
             ,
             will
             not
             all
             Men
             say
             ,
             we
             rather
             bafle
             ,
             than
             love
             ,
             or
             scearch
             for
             Truth
             when
             we
             argue
             ?
          
           
             Excuse
             me
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             thus
             free
             with
             you
             ,
             which
             I
             should
             not
             have
             been
             ,
             had
             it
             not
             been
             in
             Justice
             to
             my
             Cause
             ;
             but
             I
             durst
             not
             let
             these
             prepossessions
             ensnare
             my
             Reader
             ,
             and
             yet
             not
             that
             I
             think
             so
             heinously
             of
             you
             for
             them
             neither
             ,
             for
             many
             that
             have
             wrote
             much
             worse
             then
             your self
             on
             the
             Subject
             ,
             have
             been
             more
             confident
             ;
             and
             I
             could
             wish
             myself
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             you
             ,
             out
             of
             harms
             way
             of
             Error
             ;
             indeed
             ,
             could
             I
             have
             had
             a
             fair
             Hearing
             without
             ,
             I
             had
             been
             very
             easily
             otherwise
             satisfied
             .
          
        
         
           
             PRECOGNITA
             .
          
           
             I
             shall
             now
             only
             present
             you
             with
             a
             few
             Precognita
             ,
             to
             state
             duly
             the
             true
             Idea
             of
             the
             Controversie
             ,
             between
             the
             Trinitarians
             ,
             and
             the
             Arrians
             ,
             and
             I
             shall
             then
             proceed
             to
             a
             particular
             Answer
             ;
             and
             I
             hope
             you
             shall
             see
             too
             ,
             to
             your
             satisfaction
             ,
             and
             without
             the
             least
             needless
             Cavil
             or
             Objection
             whatever
             .
          
           
             
             
               The
               Trinitarian
               believes
               ,
            
             
               That
               there
               is
               One
               God
               ,
               but
               that
               he
               Exists
               in
               Three
               Persons
               ,
               Father
               ,
               Son
               ,
               and
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               and
               that
               these
               Three
               Persons
               are
               co-equal
               ,
               and
               co-eternal
               ,
               and
               by
               a
               Joynt
               Power
               created
               the
               Heavens
               and
               Earth
               ,
               Men
               and
               Angels
               ,
               and
               all
               things
               else
               ,
               that
               any
               way
               exist
               .
            
             
               They
               believe
               ,
               this
               Trin-unity
               even
               now
               continues
               to
               Rule
               the
               World
               by
               a
               Joynt
               Providence
               ;
               but
               that
               for
               Orders-sake
               ,
               they
               have
               distributed
               their
               Dominions
               into
               several
               ,
               and
               subordinate
               Personal
               Offices
               ;
               thus
               ▪
               they
               make
               the
               Father
               alone
               to
               personate
               the
               True
               God
               ,
               the
               Son
               to
               become
               Incarnate
               ,
               to
               redeem
               us
               to
               his
               Mercy
               ,
               and
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               under
               the
               Son
               ,
               to
               assist
               us
               through
               Grace
               in
               his
               Trials
               .
            
          
           
             
               The
               Arrian
               believes
               ,
            
             
               That
               there
               is
               but
               One
               God
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               Exists
               but
               in
               One
               Person
               ;
               that
               the
               Son
               and
               Holy
               Ghost
               are
               neither
               co-equal
               ,
               nor
               coeternal
               with
               him
               ;
               that
               he
               first
               made
               the
               Son
               ,
               and
               through
               him
               fram'd
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               and
               Angels
               ;
               that
               some
               of
               the
               Angels
               falling
               with
               Lucifer
               ,
               He
               through
               the
               Son
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               fram'd
               this
               World
               ,
               and
               Man
               within
               it
               .
            
             
               They
               believe
               there
               is
               no
               co-equal
               Trinity
               to
               Rule
               the
               World
               through
               a
               Joint
               Providence
               ;
               but
               that
               their
               Dominions
               are
               subordinate
               ,
               and
               adequate
               to
               their
               Powers
               ;
               thus
               that
               the
               Father
               alone
               is
               the
               True
               God
               ,
               that
               the
               Son
               
                 became
                 Incarnate
              
               to
               
                 satisfie
                 God's
                 Justice
              
               ,
               to
               redeem
               his
               Creation
               ,
               and
               to
               destroy
               the
               Devils
               Malice
               in
               Adam
               ;
               that
               the
               Son
               has
               deputed
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               to
               assist
               us
               through
               his
               Grace
               in
               our
               Trials
               .
            
             
               By
               this
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               I
               hope
               I
               have
               given
               you
               a
               fair
               Breviate
               of
               the
               two
               Hypothesis's
               ,
               I
               shall
               only
               beg
               your
               Patience
               ,
               whilst
               I
               add
               two
               or
               three
               Principles
               to
               illustrate
               the
               Controversie
               ,
               and
               then
               after
               a
               few
               Reflections
               on
               them
               ,
               I
               shall
               desist
               my
               Precognita
               ,
               and
               proceed
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             PRINCIPLES
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Nothing
             is
             more
             manifest
             ,
             than
             that
             the
             Jews
             in
             the
             Idea
             of
             their
             First
             Commandment
             ,
             conceiv'd
             but
             One
             Person
             to
             be
             in
             their
             One
             God.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Could
             the
             Jews
             ,
             or
             Judas
             have
             charg'd
             Christ
             ,
             with
             pretending
             himself
             to
             be
             the
             Supream
             God
             ,
             which
             the
             Gospel
             tells
             us
             the
             False
             Witnesses
             principally
             labour'd
             after
             ,
             they
             would
             not
             only
             have
             made
             their
             Acclamation
             ,
             
               We
               have
               no
               King
               but
               Caesar
            
             ;
             and
             their
             Inscription
             on
             his
             Cross
             ,
             
               Jesus
               of
               Nazareth
               ,
               the
               King
               of
               the
               Jews
               ,
            
             John
             19.
             but
             they
             would
             have
             added
             ,
             No
             God
             ,
             no
             False
             God
             ,
             too
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Lastly
             ,
             'T
             was
             near
             300
             Years
             after
             Christ
             ,
             e're
             Tradition
             and
             Scripture-Interpretation
             were
             so
             much
             as
             urg'd
             to
             explain
             and
             bring
             forth
             a
             Trinity
             .
          
           
             My
             Reflections
             upon
             these
             Principles
             ,
             shall
             be
             only
             Two
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             as
             follows
             :
          
           
             First
             ,
             That
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             the
             Trinity
             has
             alter'd
             the
             first
             and
             greatest
             Commandment
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             by
             chance
             ;
             and
             whereas
             the
             Goodness
             of
             God
             in
             such
             a
             Case
             ,
             would
             certainly
             allow
             us
             a
             solemn
             Repeal
             ;
             the
             Athanasian
             Creed
             is
             so
             far
             
             from
             such
             Mercy
             ,
             that
             it
             makes
             this
             very
             catch
             poenal
             of
             Salvation
             ;
             and
             that
             very
             Trinity
             ,
             that
             without
             doubt
             received
             their
             Honour
             jointly
             before
             ,
             can
             now
             be
             admitted
             on
             no
             pretence
             ,
             to
             receive
             it
             otherwise
             than
             severally
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             You
             see
             hereby
             ,
             this
             Great
             Mystery
             is
             not
             purposely
             requir'd
             ,
             but
             accidentally
             enforc'd
             ;
             so
             that
             whether
             this
             inscrutable
             Mystery
             ,
             and
             incomprehensible
             Hypothesis
             ,
             be
             a
             Divine
             Truth
             or
             not
             ,
             yet
             at
             least
             this
             is
             plain
             ,
             the
             means
             of
             knowing
             it
             are
             Humane
             ,
             and
             consequently
             the
             whole
             Mystery
             itsself
             disputable
             ,
             and
             left
             to
             the
             Understanding
             of
             Man
             to
             examine
             .
          
           
             Now
             ,
             whether
             the
             little
             grounds
             Men
             pretend
             to
             for
             the
             support
             of
             this
             Mystery
             ,
             be
             sufficient
             or
             not
             ,
             is
             what
             I
             have
             undertaken
             to
             disprove
             ,
             in
             answer
             to
             you
             ,
             by
             this
             following
             Treatise
             :
             And
             for
             my
             better
             Method
             ,
             I
             shall
             distribute
             my
             Subject
             into
             Three
             Parts
             ;
             to
             wit
             ,
             The
             Proof
             of
             the
             Trinity
             ,
             from
             ,
             1.
             
             Reason
             .
             2.
             
             Scripture
             .
             And
             3.
             
             Tradition
             .
             And
             herein
             I
             shall
             pursue
             your
             Method
             ,
             and
             begin
             with
             Reason
             first
             .
          
        
         
           
             REASON
             .
          
           
             KNow
             then
             Sir
             ,
             to
             avoid
             all
             needless
             Arguments
             ,
             I
             will
             grant
             you
             ,
             that
             your
             Creed
             may
             in
             a
             Sence
             be
             rational
             ,
             and
             very
             near
             agreeable
             to
             what
             you
             have
             wrote
             ,
             in
             Sect.
             2.
             thus
             I
             will
             agree
             with
             you
             ,
             as
             you
             ingeniously
             alledge
             ,
             pag.
             49
             ,
             and
             68.
             
             
               That
               Three
               Persons
               Self-conscious
               and
               Immaterial
               ,
               may
               in
               a
               sence
               be
               called
               One
               :
            
             Nay
             ,
             and
             not
             improperly
             give
             the
             first
             Commandment
             as
             One
             ,
             as
             being
             inseperably
             united
             in
             Will
             and
             Wisdom
             ;
             indeed
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             to
             do
             you
             right
             ,
             what
             you
             have
             in
             this
             alledg'd
             ,
             is
             the
             only
             thing
             that
             ever
             I
             saw
             like
             rational
             for
             the
             Trinity
             yet
             .
          
           
             But
             then
             ,
             as
             you
             say
             your self
             ,
             
               As
               by
               Natural
               Religion
               there
               can
               be
               but
               One
               God
               ,
               pag.
            
             147.
             
             And
             
               tho'
               there
               be
               several
               Persons
               ,
               yet
               they
               cannot
               act
               apart
               ,
               but
               always
               with
               One
               Energy
               ,
            
             pag.
             136.
             
             So
             your
             own
             Argument
             destroys
             itself
             ;
             for
             surely
             ,
             where
             there
             are
             mean
             and
             under
             Offices
             between
             Persons
             ,
             the
             Energy
             is
             manifestly
             not
             One
             ,
             nor
             the
             Act
             simple
             .
          
           
             Nor
             will
             your
             Arguments
             ,
             pag.
             118
             ,
             help
             you
             ,
             for
             't
             is
             manifest
             by
             the
             Descent
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             on
             Christ
             like
             a
             Dove
             ,
             that
             the
             Three
             Divine
             Persons
             act
             separately
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             think
             so
             ;
             so
             that
             if
             your
             own
             Arguments
             be
             consistent
             ,
             pag.
             124
             ,
             and
             
               God
               be
               a
               pure
               and
               simple
               Act
            
             ;
             as
             you
             alledge
             ,
             pag.
             129
             ,
             and
             167
             ,
             
               And
               Alterity
               makes
               Duality
            
             ;
             as
             you
             likewise
             affirm
             ▪
             pag.
             122
             ,
             't
             is
             plain
             ,
             these
             Three
             Persons
             cannot
             make
             up
             such
             a
             Deity
             as
             you
             would
             imagine
             ;
             indeed
             they
             might
             be
             One
             in
             a
             Metaphor
             ,
             and
             as
             in
             Scripture
             sence
             ,
             but
             to
             be
             really
             One
             is
             a
             Jest
             .
          
           
             But
             you
             will
             say
             ,
             't
             is
             their
             Self-consciousness
             which
             makes
             them
             One
             ,
             and
             that
             you
             apprehend
             consistent
             with
             this
             Personality
             :
             I
             answer
             ,
             That
             is
             to
             run
             your self
             into
             as
             great
             Absurdities
             ,
             to
             avoid
             the
             present
             ;
             Is
             it
             rational
             Self-conscious
             ,
             and
             absolute
             Coequals
             ,
             should
             take
             or
             impose
             servile
             and
             underling
             Offices
             of
             each
             other
             ?
             Besides
             ,
             that
             the
             Son
             and
             Holy
             Ghost
             are
             conscious
             to
             the
             Father
             ,
             is
             absolutely
             false
             ,
             and
             groundless
             from
             Scripture
             ,
             as
             I
             shall
             shew
             you
             in
             order
             .
          
           
             
               St.
               
               Austin's
               Explication
               .
            
             
               But
               I
               see
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               you
               are
               resolv'd
               not
               to
               be
               at
               a
               loss
               ,
               you
               will
               rather
               have
               two
               Strings
               to
               your
               Bow
               ,
               than
               fail
               of
               your
               Mark
               ,
               and
               therefore
               now
               ,
               we
               must
               prepare
               
               our selves
               for
               St.
               
               Austin's
               Self-consciousness
               :
               And
               in
               this
               you
               say
               ,
               The
               Trinity
               
                 are
                 conscious
                 to
                 each
                 other
                 ,
                 as
                 our
                 Memory
                 ,
                 Will
                 ,
                 and
                 Vnderstanding
                 are
                 ,
                 which
                 know
                 and
                 feel
                 whatever
                 is
                 in
                 each
                 other
                 ,
              
               v.
               pag.
               50.
               
            
             
               Alas
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               I
               wonder
               how
               that
               you
               who
               live
               in
               the
               fuller
               Rays
               of
               Humane
               Learning
               ,
               can
               brook
               the
               comparing
               of
               Faculties
               to
               Persons
               ,
               or
               how
               you
               can
               repeat
               such
               Inconsistencies
               as
               they
               produce
               ,
               before
               you
               acknowledg'd
               each
               Person
               compleat
               ,
               and
               rational
               ;
               and
               now
               you
               make
               
                 the
                 Father
                 impotent
                 ,
                 and
                 only
                 a
                 Speculation
                 ,
              
               pag.
               132.
               
                 and
                 the
                 reflex
                 Wisdom
                 ,
                 or
                 the
                 Son
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 only
                 powerful
                 to
                 act
                 and
                 create
                 :
              
               And
               again
               ,
               by
               another
               turn
               ,
               pag.
               169
               ,
               you
               make
               
                 him
                 impotent
                 too
              
               .
            
             
               In
               short
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               I
               shall
               forbear
               to
               offend
               you
               ,
               with
               all
               those
               Comments
               I
               could
               make
               in
               this
               place
               ,
               did
               I
               rather
               study
               Malice
               than
               Truth
               ;
               but
               this
               you
               force
               me
               to
               declare
               ,
               that
               if
               you
               take
               such
               liberty
               to
               prove
               your
               Mystery
               ,
               as
               to
               make
               Persons
               Faculties
               ,
               and
               Faculties
               Persons
               ,
               as
               you
               do
               ,
               't
               is
               impossible
               that
               any
               Reasoning
               should
               hold
               you
               ;
               For
               by
               the
               same
               liberty
               ,
               what
               may
               you
               not
               say
               ?
               And
               what
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               do
               these
               Wiles
               look
               as
               from
               God
               ?
            
             
               And
               that
               the
               Reader
               may
               see
               ,
               you
               have
               not
               treated
               of
               these
               Faculty-Gods
               by
               chance
               ,
               pag.
               135
               ,
               you
               
                 attribute
                 the
                 Creation
                 to
                 them
              
               ,
               pag.
               182
               ,
               183
               ,
               you
               make
               
                 the
                 Father
                 to
                 have
                 no
                 Mercy
              
               in
               himself
               ;
               indeed
               ,
               pag.
               135
               ,
               you
               would
               seem
               to
               palliate
               the
               matter
               ,
               by
               saying
               ,
               
                 The
                 essential
                 Character
                 of
                 the
                 Holy
                 Ghost
                 ,
                 in
                 the
                 like
                 case
                 ,
                 is
                 Love.
              
               But
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               a
               running
               Eye
               shews
               this
               to
               be
               all
               Mystery
               indeed
               ,
               and
               really
               such
               an
               one
               as
               confounds
               Personality
               ,
               Trinity
               ,
               and
               Deity
               all
               at
               a
               stroke
               ,
               
                 v.
                 pag.
              
               130.
               
            
             
               Besides
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               you
               make
               
                 Love
                 in
                 the
                 Father
                 to
                 be
                 the
                 Holy
                 Ghost
                 ,
                 a
                 Person
                 ,
                 and
                 God
                 ,
                 p.
              
               133.
               
               And
               pray
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               why
               is
               not
               Hatred
               a
               Person
               in
               God
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Love
               ?
               The
               Reason
               you
               give
               why
               Love
               is
               a
               Person
               ,
               is
               because
               there
               can
               be
               no
               Accident
               in
               God
               ;
               and
               therefore
               even
               an
               Affection
               in
               him
               is
               real
               ,
               and
               makes
               a
               Person
               :
               But
               what
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               may
               not
               this
               Reason
               serve
               for
               Hatred
               ,
               and
               an
               hundred
               Affections
               more
               ?
            
          
           
             
               REFLECTIONS
               .
            
             
               I
               shall
               add
               no
               more
               at
               present
               concerning
               the
               Reason
               of
               the
               two
               Hypothesis's
               ,
               because
               it
               will
               fall
               more
               naturally
               in
               our
               way
               ,
               as
               we
               examine
               the
               Scriptures
               ;
               and
               indeed
               ,
               I
               have
               wrote
               nothing
               at
               all
               here
               of
               the
               Arrian
               Hypothesis
               ,
               because
               the
               Reasoning
               of
               it
               is
               so
               obvious
               ,
               that
               it
               were
               to
               fire
               Candles
               to
               enlighten
               the
               Day
               ,
               to
               illustrate
               it
               .
            
             
               Give
               me
               leave
               therefore
               to
               advise
               you
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               that
               for
               the
               future
               you
               be
               wary
               to
               reason
               more
               perfectly
               ,
               or
               not
               at
               all
               ;
               't
               is
               no
               light
               Truth
               that
               you
               have
               oppos'd
               ;
               and
               I
               believe
               many
               a
               Reader
               would
               have
               had
               less
               Charity
               for
               what
               you
               have
               done
               ,
               than
               I
               have
               ;
               and
               may
               be
               would
               condemn
               you
               for
               beguiling
               with
               the
               appearance
               of
               Reasoning
               ;
               but
               I
               neither
               think
               so
               of
               you
               ,
               nor
               believe
               otherwise
               ,
               than
               that
               your
               Paternal
               Zeal
               has
               misguided
               you
               .
            
             
               As
               for
               the
               Contradictions
               of
               this
               Doctrine
               ,
               I
               shall
               speak
               of
               them
               in
               their
               proper
               place
               ;
               in
               the
               mean
               time
               ,
               I
               shall
               pass
               on
               to
               Examine
               your
               Scripture-Interpretations
               :
               And
               by
               this
               time
               ,
               I
               hope
               you
               are
               convinc'd
               ,
               that
               you
               have
               jump'd
               out
               of
               the
               Frying-pan
               into
               the
               Fire
               ,
               and
               instead
               of
               helping
               out
               an
               Absurdity
               by
               a
               Nicety
               ,
               made
               it
               the
               more
               suspicious
               by
               defending
               it
               with
               a
               Fallacy
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Scripture
             Interpretation
             .
          
           
             BEfore
             I
             descend
             into
             Particulars
             ,
             I
             shall
             write
             a
             little
             of
             the
             Interpretation
             of
             Scriptures
             in
             general
             ;
             and
             methinks
             here
             it
             grieves
             me
             to
             see
             ,
             how
             to
             make
             out
             this
             Mystery
             ,
             Men
             have
             not
             stopt
             at
             any
             Arts
             ,
             to
             force
             and
             wrest
             the
             Scriptures
             to
             this
             imaginary
             Truth
             .
          
           
             Page
             153
             ,
             you
             say
             ,
             We
             ought
             not
             to
             force
             the
             Scriptures
             to
             preconceiv'd
             Notions
             :
             But
             what
             ?
             is
             not
             this
             Mystery
             such
             ?
             Surely
             ,
             were
             a
             Pagan
             to
             read
             the
             Scriptures
             ,
             the
             first
             Commandment
             would
             keep
             him
             so
             much
             as
             from
             ever
             dreaming
             of
             a
             Trinity
             ;
             and
             I
             wonder
             really
             how
             it
             came
             into
             Mens
             Minds
             :
             I
             know
             the
             World
             would
             be
             apt
             enough
             to
             embrace
             it
             ,
             when
             it
             once
             comes
             their
             ,
             as
             their
             Superstition
             has
             always
             enclin'd
             them
             to
             a
             Polytheism
             ;
             but
             I
             should
             have
             thought
             there
             had
             been
             a
             sufficient
             Guard
             ,
             against
             every
             colour
             of
             it
             in
             Christianity
             .
          
           
             But
             to
             maintain
             this
             Hypothesis
             ,
             now
             once
             up
             ,
             let
             me
             beseech
             you
             to
             consider
             your
             own
             evasive
             Constructions
             of
             Scripture
             ;
             I
             am
             perswaded
             ,
             if
             you
             err
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             said
             ,
             `t
             is
             because
             you
             have
             continued
             in
             your
             first
             Faith
             with
             too
             little
             circumspection
             ;
             and
             that
             the
             Socinian
             Hypothesis
             has
             not
             appear'd
             natural
             to
             you
             ;
             for
             you
             seem
             to
             have
             much
             sincerity
             ,
             to
             do
             otherwise
             ,
             and
             therefore
             I
             presume
             this
             liberty
             with
             you
             .
          
           
             
               Of
               the
               SON
               .
            
             
               Consider
               then
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               is
               it
               not
               strange
               that
               you
               should
               make
               the
               Son
               ,
               know
               things
               as
               God
               ,
               and
               not
               know
               them
               as
               Man.
               p.
               177
               ,
               pray
               after
               what
               manner
               was
               the
               God
               head
               Incarnate
               ,
               and
               what
               kind
               of
               Person
               was
               this
               ,
               that
               by
               a
               kind
               of
               Ventriloquy
               you
               make
               to
               speak
               something
               as
               Divine
               ,
               when
               the
               ordinary
               Person
               knows
               nothing
               of
               them
               himself
               
                 i
                 ▪
                 p.
              
               270.
               
            
             
               So
               ,
               what
               an
               Answer
               you
               have
               there
               ,
               that
               the
               Son
               was
               tempted
               as
               to
               his
               Manhood
               ,
               but
               not
               as
               to
               his
               Godhead
               ;
               And
               pray
               then
               where
               was
               the
               Godhead
               all
               the
               while
               ,
               like
               
               Baal's
               asleep
               ;
               or
               was
               the
               Man
               Christ
               now
               and
               then
               as
               it
               were
               possessed
               by
               Fits
               ?
               Methinks
               I
               am
               asham'd
               to
               handle
               the
               Absurdities
               of
               this
               Hypothesis
               ,
               they
               make
               me
               giddy
               when
               I
               consider
               them
               .
            
             
               So
               in
               the
               same
               Page
               ,
               in
               Interpreting
               ,
               Mark
               13.
               32.
               
               
                 But
                 of
                 that
                 day
                 and
                 that
                 hour
                 knoweth
                 no
                 man
                 ,
                 no
                 not
                 the
                 angels
                 that
                 are
                 in
                 heaven
                 ,
                 neither
                 the
                 Son
                 but
                 the
                 Father
                 :
              
               Do
               you
               not
               think
               you
               wrest
               and
               destroy
               the
               Scripture
               Sence
               ,
               and
               in
               pretence
               of
               saying
               St.
               Matthew
               has
               not
               what
               St.
               Mark
               has
               ,
               blemish
               the
               clearest
               Text
               ?
               You
               had
               better
               write
               down-right
               ,
               St.
               
               Mark
               's
               Gospel
               is
               not
               true
               ;
               or
               that
               Gradation
               ,
               Man
               ,
               Angel
               ,
               or
               Son
               is
               impertinent
               ,
               and
               then
               you
               would
               answer
               something-like
               ,
               as
               if
               you
               defended
               a
               Mystery
               .
            
             
               But
               by
               the
               way
               ,
               you
               must
               excuse
               me
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               if
               for
               Truth's-sake
               ,
               I
               am
               forc'd
               thus
               to
               make
               such
               Reflections
               on
               your
               words
               which
               tho'
               they
               may
               seem
               hard
               ,
               yet
               are
               necessary
               ;
               and
               yet
               not
               that
               they
               belong
               so
               much
               unto
               you
               ,
               as
               your
               Cause
               ,
               which
               I
               cannot
               otherwise
               set
               to
               a
               full
               light
               ,
               which
               I
               believe
               you
               have
               hitherto
               embrac'd
               with
               too
               much
               inadvertency
               ,
               and
               in
               following
               the
               corrupt
               Interpretations
               of
               the
               Church
               with
               too
               much
               Zeal
               :
               But
               to
               return
               to
               my
               purpose
               :
            
             
               Nor
               will
               your
               Evasion
               of
               Self-consciousness
               ,
               make
               God
               and
               Man
               One
               Person
               here
               ,
               as
               you
               would
               insinuate
               ,
               pag.
               262.
               for
               't
               is
               plain
               ,
               God
               and
               Man
               are
               thus
               two
               Persons
               ,
               if
               they
               acted
               together
               ,
               and
               God
               
               
                 commanded
                 the
                 Reason
                 regularly
                 ,
                 as
                 the
                 Reason
                 does
                 the
                 Sence
              
               ;
               as
               you
               urge
               ,
               pag.
               268
               ,
               9.
               there
               might
               be
               some
               pretence
               for
               their
               being
               One
               Person
               ,
               but
               you
               see
               plainly
               ,
               the
               Godhead
               exerts
               itsself
               may
               be
               now
               and
               then
               as
               it
               lists
               ,
               nay
               ,
               ever
               and
               anon
               ,
               as
               it
               did
               at
               Christ's
               Crucifixion
               and
               Acclamation
               ,
               left
               the
               Man
               by
               himself
               ,
               and
               crying
               out
               upon
               the
               Godhead
               ,
               
                 My
                 God
                 ,
                 my
                 God
                 ,
                 why
                 hast
                 thou
                 forsaken
                 me
                 .
              
            
             
               And
               what
               ?
               Can
               here
               be
               any
               pretence
               then
               that
               the
               Godhead
               suffer'd
               ?
               For
               shame
               ,
               leave
               the
               Blasphemy
               ;
               and
               for
               his
               being
               conscious
               to
               the
               Man
               Christ
               Jesus
               ,
               that
               that
               should
               make
               him
               Incarnate
               ,
               is
               such
               a
               shuffle
               ,
               that
               you
               had
               as
               good
               say
               ,
               God
               is
               personally
               united
               to
               us
               all
               ,
               because
               he
               is
               conscious
               to
               all
               our
               thoughts
               ;
               as
               suppose
               a
               Personal
               Incarnation
               of
               God
               himself
               in
               Christ
               ,
               on
               that
               account
               .
            
             
               So
               that
               all
               that
               you
               alledge
               ,
               of
               the
               Incomprehensibility
               of
               the
               Incarnation
               ,
               will
               not
               salve
               your
               Sores
               ,
               for
               all
               that
               you
               urge
               of
               that
               kind
               ,
               pag.
               264
               ,
               is
               but
               
                 gratis
                 dictum
              
               ,
               and
               you
               ought
               to
               have
               more
               Truth
               in
               your
               Foundation
               ,
               before
               you
               can
               justifie
               such
               profound
               Mysteries
               in
               the
               Building
               .
            
          
           
             
               Of
               the
               FATHER
               .
            
             
               So
               surely
               hereafter
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               you
               will
               be
               asham'd
               to
               see
               how
               groundlesly
               ,
               you
               have
               made
               the
               Person
               of
               the
               Father
               ,
               signifie
               the
               whole
               Trinity
               ,
               as
               you
               have
               done
               ;
               I
               am
               perswaded
               ,
               if
               God
               should
               mercifully
               open
               your
               eyes
               ,
               once
               to
               a
               Conviction
               ,
               your
               own
               wrested
               Allegations
               will
               settle
               and
               six
               you
               for
               ever
               from
               wavering
               .
            
             
               What
               you
               say
               ,
               pag.
               89
               ,
               and
               193.
               
               
                 That
                 the
                 Son
                 calls
                 the
                 Father
                 the
                 only
                 true
                 God
                 ,
              
               Quatenus
               fons
               Deitatis
               ;
               
                 and
                 that
                 not
                 in
                 opposition
                 to
                 the
                 Persons
                 in
                 Vnion
                 with
                 him
                 ▪
                 but
                 the
                 False
                 Gods
                 ,
              
               pag.
               185
               ,
               186.
               is
               so
               groundless
               ,
               and
               withal
               so
               perverting
               a
               Construction
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               and
               meerly
               on
               the
               presumption
               of
               your
               Hypothesis
               ,
               that
               I
               wonder
               how
               in
               fair
               Argument
               you
               can
               use
               it
               ;
               nay
               ,
               and
               when
               in
               the
               very
               Text
               you
               cite
               ,
               you
               have
               the
               Father
               called
               the
               only
               true
               God
               ,
               in
               opposition
               to
               the
               Son
               himself
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               Give
               me
               leave
               to
               tell
               you
               ,
               your
               Church
               and
               Self
               have
               by
               Time
               and
               Industry
               ,
               given
               your selves
               such
               Methods
               to
               blind
               your selves
               ,
               like
               the
               ancient
               Astronomers
               ,
               with
               so
               many
               Epicicles
               ,
               and
               blind
               and
               precarious
               Principles
               ,
               in
               leading
               your
               interpreting
               Scriptures
               ,
               that
               without
               singular
               Courage
               and
               Integrity
               lead
               you
               ,
               I
               may
               say
               ,
               the
               peculiar
               Grace
               of
               God
               do
               it
               ,
               indeed
               't
               is
               almost
               impossible
               to
               shew
               you
               Truth
               ,
               you
               are
               so
               clouded
               and
               maz'd
               from
               it
               ,
               by
               your
               own
               corrupt
               Subtleties
               in
               defending
               Error
               .
            
             
               But
               yet
               ,
               why
               do
               I
               accuse
               you
               so
               far
               ,
               you
               have
               already
               granted
               one
               half
               of
               what
               I
               desire
               ,
               That
               
                 so
                 many
                 leading
                 Terms
                 ,
                 as
                 Hypostasis
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 blam'd
              
               ,
               pag.
               139.
               be
               pleas'd
               but
               to
               move
               one
               step
               further
               ,
               clap
               Homo
               ousios
               among
               them
               ,
               which
               you
               confess
               is
               not
               in
               Scripture
               ,
               pag.
               15
               ,
               and
               yield
               me
               ,
               that
               our
               imposing
               Explanations
               must
               at
               least
               mud
               ,
               if
               not
               corrupt
               the
               stream
               of
               Truth
               ;
               and
               you
               shall
               see
               after
               that
               ,
               that
               you
               and
               I
               shall
               never
               disagree
               .
            
             
               I
               shall
               add
               no
               more
               in
               this
               place
               ,
               but
               to
               shew
               you
               ,
               how
               deep
               you
               are
               dipt
               by
               your
               Zeal
               in
               this
               Error
               ,
               that
               pag.
               150
               ,
               you
               can
               tell
               us
               ,
               
                 We
                 ought
                 not
                 to
                 interpret
                 Scriptures
                 by
                 Reason
                 ,
                 the
                 Reason
              
               you
               assign
               us
               is
               ,
               because
               we
               must
               observe
               the
               Propriety
               of
               Words
               and
               Phrases
               ,
               and
               the
               Scope
               of
               the
               Text
               :
               And
               what
               then
               ▪
               Sir
               ,
               is
               not
               Reason
               to
               enquire
               and
               rule
               those
               ?
               You
               had
               as
               good
               say
               ,
               she
               has
               no
               concern
               in
               Language
               ;
               And
               pray
               in
               what
               has
               she
               more
               ?
               But
               I
               shall
               forbear
               further
               Reflections
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               INCARNATION
               .
            
             
               I
               have
               hitherto
               shewn
               you
               ,
               how
               much
               you
               have
               err'd
               in
               your
               general
               Interpretation
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               I
               shall
               now
               proceed
               to
               rectifie
               your
               Errors
               in
               particulars
               ,
               wherein
               I
               shall
               be
               the
               larger
               ,
               that
               I
               may
               comprehend
               the
               Objections
               of
               the
               late
               Dr.
               S
               —
               ,
               and
               others
               ,
               on
               my
               Subject
               :
               I
               shall
               begin
               first
               with
               the
               Incarnation
               .
            
             
               Now
               that
               I
               may
               the
               better
               shew
               the
               Errors
               of
               the
               Incarnation
               ,
               as
               in
               your
               Hypothesis
               ,
               I
               shall
               state
               it
               ,
               as
               it
               lies
               most
               natural
               in
               mine
               :
               Know
               then
               ,
               that
               tho'
               I
               do
               not
               violently
               acknowledge
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               to
               be
               co-equal
               to
               the
               Father
               ,
               yet
               I
               freely
               grant
               him
               to
               be
               as
               Great
               ,
               and
               Eminent
               as
               God
               could
               possibly
               make
               him
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               I
               do
               not
               imagine
               
                 a
                 Prosopopeia
                 Incarnate
              
               ,
               as
               you
               suggest
               ,
               p.
               227.
               nor
               do
               I
               make
               the
               Godhead
               carry
               about
               ,
               and
               now
               and
               then
               possess
               a
               Body
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               shewn
               your
               Trinity
               Hypothesis
               will
               necessitate
               ;
               but
               I
               suppose
               the
               great
               God
               and
               Angel
               ,
               who
               under
               the
               Father
               fram'd
               all
               things
               ,
               to
               satisfie
               God's
               Justice
               ,
               and
               destroy
               the
               Malice
               of
               Satan
               ,
               and
               to
               redeem
               his
               own
               ,
               willingly
               condescended
               ,
               that
               through
               the
               Power
               of
               God
               ,
               his
               Being
               might
               be
               reduc'd
               as
               to
               a
               first
               Semen
               ,
               and
               so
               he
               might
               live
               with
               Purity
               ,
               and
               suffer
               under
               that
               Trial
               ,
               that
               no
               Creature
               but
               himself
               could
               be
               able
               ,
               besides
               ,
               to
               accomplish
               with
               any
               certainty
               ,
               for
               our
               Redemption
               .
            
             
               This
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               I
               conceive
               ,
               is
               the
               great
               Mystery
               of
               the
               Incarnation
               ;
               and
               this
               ,
               methinks
               ,
               carries
               some
               semblance
               of
               Rationality
               ;
               for
               if
               we
               from
               little
               Semens
               ,
               may
               hereafter
               grow
               to
               the
               most
               considerable
               degrees
               of
               Glory
               ,
               as
               the
               Scriptures
               assures
               us
               ,
               surely
               there
               can
               be
               no
               impossibility
               ,
               nor
               difficulty
               ,
               that
               God
               should
               be
               able
               to
               reduce
               the
               most
               glorious
               of
               his
               Beings
               back
               again
               ,
               and
               make
               them
               ,
               as
               from
               the
               first
               Seed
               of
               a
               Soul
               ,
               arrive
               to
               their
               Ancient
               Glory
               .
            
             
               But
               to
               this
               you
               say
               ,
               pag.
               244
               ,
               That
               
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 greater
                 Nonsence
                 in
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 than
                 a
                 Made
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Creature
                 God
                 :
              
               Sir
               ,
               the
               Proposition
               is
               bold
               ,
               but
               you
               have
               not
               stoop'd
               to
               a
               proof
               of
               it
               ;
               however
               ▪
               I
               hope
               to
               shew
               you
               ,
               't
               is
               neither
               Nonsence
               nor
               Absurd
               ;
               I
               must
               confess
               ,
               a
               Creature
               God
               to
               be
               imagin'd
               the
               Supream
               ,
               were
               absurd
               ;
               but
               when
               I
               say
               a
               Creature-God
               ,
               I
               only
               mean
               a
               Spirit
               of
               an
               ubiquitary
               Presence
               ,
               and
               multitudinary
               Power
               ;
               or
               one
               that
               by
               a
               perfect
               Self-consciousness
               ,
               can
               reason
               with
               infinite
               Beings
               at
               once
               .
            
             
               If
               then
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               you
               will
               not
               deny
               it
               to
               be
               in
               the
               Power
               of
               God
               to
               create
               such
               a
               Spirit
               ,
               which
               I
               hope
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               you
               will
               not
               ;
               for
               I
               should
               be
               sorry
               to
               see
               my
               Words
               draw
               you
               to
               blaspheme
               the
               Power
               ,
               which
               you
               can
               know
               no
               Limits
               of
               ,
               but
               Vice
               ,
               Error
               ,
               and
               Weakness
               :
               if
               you
               'll
               grant
               me
               ,
               I
               say
               ,
               that
               God
               can
               make
               such
               a
               Power
               ,
               I
               will
               add
               ,
               he
               has
               ;
               for
               surely
               ,
               to
               make
               such
               more
               glorious
               Beings
               ,
               is
               much
               more
               for
               his
               Honour
               ,
               than
               all
               little
               ,
               single
               ,
               and
               weak
               Individuals
               ,
               as
               You
               and
               I
               are
               .
            
             
               But
               you
               say
               ,
               pag.
               159
               ,
               160.
               
               What
               
                 shall
                 a
                 meer
                 Man
                 be
                 exalted
                 above
                 Angels
                 ?
              
               Yes
               surely
               ,
               if
               he
               were
               first
               above
               them
               ,
               and
               laid
               aside
               his
               Being
               only
               for
               a
               time
               ,
               and
               in
               obedience
               to
               his
               God
               :
               And
               what
               say
               you
               ?
               
                 Can
                 any
                 thing
                 under
                 infinite
                 Wisdom
                 Rule
                 the
                 World
                 ?
              
               Yes
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               God's
               most
               glorious
               Son
               ,
               that
               is
               wiser
               than
               all
               Men
               and
               Angels
               besides
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               in
               the
               Bosome
               of
               the
               Father
               ,
               and
               so
               has
               his
               assistance
               ,
               may
               rationally
               do
               it
               .
               And
               pray
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               where
               are
               the
               Absurdities
               and
               Contradictions
               of
               these
               things
               ?
            
             
               Methinks
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               in
               this
               you
               should
               have
               been
               asham'd
               of
               your
               Reasoning
               :
               
                 You
                 can
                 allow
                 God's
                 begetting
                 a
                 Son
                 co-equal
                 Rational
                 ,
                 pag.
              
               221.
               but
               't
               is
               with
               an
               horrour
               ,
               that
               you
               detest
               an
               Angel-God
               :
               But
               pray
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               
               if
               the
               Notion
               of
               God's
               begetting
               a
               Son
               be
               not
               carnal
               ,
               tell
               me
               why
               he
               has
               not
               more
               Sons
               than
               One
               ?
               You
               dare
               not
               blaspheme
               him
               sure
               ,
               to
               say
               he
               is
               not
               more
               fruitful
               ;
               or
               are
               you
               so
               niggardly
               ,
               to
               think
               ,
               he
               can
               multiply
               his
               Glorious
               Issue
               too
               fast
               .
            
             
               But
               to
               return
               to
               my
               Subject
               :
               Hence
               it
               was
               ,
               if
               you
               would
               know
               ,
               
                 That
                 the
                 Son
                 says
                 he
                 could
                 do
                 nothing
                 of
                 himself
                 ,
              
               pag.
               169.
               and
               hence
               it
               was
               ,
               
                 That
                 whilst
                 Incarnate
                 he
                 had
                 need
                 of
                 the
                 help
                 of
                 the
                 Holy
                 Ghost
                 :
              
               but
               the
               Reasons
               that
               you
               have
               given
               in
               these
               things
               ,
               are
               so
               shuffling
               ,
               pag.
               187
               ,
               270
               ,
               that
               I
               blush
               to
               read
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               Platonicism
               objected
               .
            
             
               So
               that
               all
               the
               Objections
               I
               know
               against
               this
               Hypothesis
               ,
               is
               but
               ,
               that
               't
               is
               the
               Platonick
               Philosophy
               made
               Christian
               ;
               and
               as
               to
               that
               ,
               I
               shall
               only
               say
               this
               :
               Is
               Truth
               the
               worse
               ,
               because
               Plato
               hapned
               to
               Idea
               it
               ;
               or
               is
               Christianity
               to
               be
               dis-esteem'd
               ,
               because
               a
               Philosopher
               chanc'd
               to
               be
               in
               some
               of
               her
               Roads
               ?
            
             
               But
               least
               any
               one
               should
               think
               ,
               that
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               Plato
               should
               have
               the
               least
               influence
               ,
               in
               wresting
               the
               Scriptures
               to
               this
               Hypothesis
               ,
               I
               do
               hereby
               in
               the
               presence
               of
               God
               declare
               ,
               what
               it
               was
               that
               first
               mov'd
               my
               Judgment
               ,
               and
               turn'd
               me
               to
               be
               an
               
               Arrian
               ;
               and
               if
               it
               did
               me
               ,
               it
               should
               move
               us
               in
               Charity
               to
               think
               it
               did
               others
               .
            
             
               An
               Acquaintance
               of
               mine
               ,
               speaking
               by
               chance
               of
               the
               Trinity
               ,
               told
               me
               ,
               Some
               thought
               it
               a
               breach
               of
               the
               first
               Commandment
               ;
               and
               to
               convince
               me
               ,
               't
               was
               not
               reveal'd
               in
               the
               New
               Testament
               ,
               shew'd
               me
               that
               most
               notable
               Chapter
               of
               the
               First
               of
               the
               Hebrews
               :
               Now
               he
               little
               thought
               what
               he
               had
               done
               ,
               when
               he
               did
               this
               ;
               for
               tho'
               my
               Zeal
               boyl'd
               against
               his
               Blasphemy
               ,
               as
               I
               thought
               it
               for
               a
               time
               ,
               yet
               when
               I
               reflected
               again
               with
               myself
               ,
               I
               thought
               at
               least
               ,
               his
               Discourse
               had
               rais'd
               such
               Scruples
               in
               my
               Mind
               ,
               that
               the
               very
               Considerableness
               of
               the
               first
               Commandment
               would
               necessitate
               me
               to
               enquire
               of
               .
            
             
               Now
               this
               was
               not
               only
               all
               the
               Discourse
               I
               had
               with
               him
               ,
               but
               I
               remember
               to
               this
               day
               ,
               that
               I
               could
               never
               understand
               by
               his
               Discourse
               ,
               whether
               he
               were
               Arrian
               or
               Socinian
               ,
               nor
               indeed
               what
               either
               Hypothesis
               was
               ;
               tho'
               lately
               ,
               I
               must
               confess
               ,
               I
               have
               perceiv'd
               him
               rather
               enclin'd
               to
               the
               Socinians
               .
            
             
               But
               thus
               it
               was
               ,
               that
               shortly
               after
               going
               for
               London
               ,
               where
               my
               Doubt
               continuing
               upon
               me
               ,
               I
               resolv'd
               to
               give
               myself
               satisfaction
               :
               I
               saught
               for
               Books
               ,
               but
               found
               none
               ;
               indeed
               I
               did
               not
               know
               what
               to
               enquire
               for
               ;
               whereupon
               resolving
               to
               know
               that
               by
               myself
               ,
               which
               I
               could
               not
               by
               others
               ,
               without
               either
               knowing
               of
               Arrianism
               ,
               Socinianism
               ,
               or
               Platonism
               ,
               I
               took
               this
               following
               course
               :
            
             
               I
               took
               the
               New
               Testament
               ,
               where
               I
               conceiv'd
               this
               Truth
               was
               to
               be
               found
               reveal'd
               ,
               if
               any
               where
               ,
               and
               reading
               it
               with
               attention
               ,
               I
               collected
               every
               Text
               relating
               to
               Father
               ,
               Son
               ,
               and
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               into
               an
               Imperial
               Sheet
               of
               Paper
               ;
               for
               neither
               liking
               giddy
               Tradition
               ,
               nor
               the
               tricks
               of
               wresting
               single
               Texts
               ,
               I
               thought
               that
               this
               could
               be
               the
               only
               way
               to
               find
               the
               Truth
               by
               ,
               if
               any
               .
            
             
               Now
               God
               is
               my
               witness
               ,
               that
               when
               I
               I
               did
               thus
               ,
               I
               could
               not
               but
               fall
               into
               Arrianism
               ;
               not
               that
               I
               then
               knew
               what
               Name
               my
               Opinion
               had
               ;
               but
               some
               time
               after
               meeting
               with
               Books
               ,
               I
               saw
               the
               difference
               of
               Arrianism
               and
               Socinianism
               ,
               and
               found
               that
               I
               was
               not
               singular
               in
               my
               Sentiments
               ,
               but
               that
               the
               World
               had
               thought
               the
               same
               before
               me
               .
            
             
               Nor
               was
               this
               all
               ,
               but
               before
               I
               knew
               that
               my
               Hypothesis
               had
               been
               known
               to
               the
               World
               ,
               thinking
               that
               I
               was
               singular
               in
               the
               Truth
               ,
               I
               resolv'd
               in
               Charity
               to
               Mankind
               to
               publish
               my
               discovery
               ,
               till
               some
               Friends
               
               hearing
               of
               it
               ,
               advis'd
               me
               to
               consider
               first
               ,
               that
               I
               might
               be
               as
               much
               blinded
               by
               my
               own
               Pride
               of
               S●earch
               ,
               as
               the
               World
               was
               by
               their
               Corruption
               and
               Traditions
               .
            
             
               Upon
               this
               resolving
               to
               be
               resign'd
               to
               Truth
               ,
               and
               fearing
               lest
               my
               presumption
               might
               ruine
               me
               ,
               I
               not
               only
               took
               all
               my
               Papers
               and
               burnt
               them
               ,
               but
               resolv'd
               to
               read
               all
               Books
               for
               the
               Trinity
               ,
               and
               converse
               all
               Persons
               ,
               and
               if
               possible
               ,
               satisfie
               myself
               to
               believe
               ,
               and
               acquiesce
               in
               so
               great
               a
               Mystery
               .
            
             
               But
               alas
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               after
               all
               this
               care
               ,
               you
               see
               I
               am
               forc'd
               to
               differ
               from
               you
               ;
               so
               that
               tho'
               I
               could
               willingly
               lay
               by
               my
               Sentiments
               ,
               the
               better
               to
               examine
               Truth
               for
               a-while
               ,
               yet
               when
               on
               s●earch
               I
               could
               still
               do
               no
               otherwise
               ,
               than
               think
               my
               Old
               Opinion
               the
               best
               ;
               I
               durst
               not
               leave
               Truth
               for
               ever
               ;
               and
               I
               hope
               the
               necessity
               of
               my
               Case
               will
               at
               last
               induce
               you
               to
               a
               Charity
               for
               me
               .
            
          
           
             
               Of
               Spirits
               ,
               Gods
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               But
               that
               I
               may
               return
               from
               this
               digression
               ,
               and
               the
               better
               evidence
               to
               you
               ,
               that
               these
               God-Angels
               are
               no
               Novelties
               in
               Scripture
               ,
               let
               me
               add
               hereto
               an
               Idea
               of
               the
               Nature
               of
               Spirits
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               taken
               it
               even
               from
               the
               Scriptures
               themselves
               ;
               and
               thus
               there
               are
               Gods
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               8.
               5
               ,
               6.
               2
               
               Cor.
               4.
               4.
               
               Potentates
               ,
               Principalities
               ,
               Rulers
               ,
               and
               Dominions
               ,
               Col.
               1.
               16.
               
               Eph.
               6.
               12
               —
               1.
               20
               ,
               21.
               and
               Angels
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               God
               ,
               signifies
               a
               Spirit
               of
               Universal
               Po●●…er
               ,
               so
               that
               tho'
               there
               be
               but
               One
               Supream
               God
               ,
               the
               Father
               ,
               yet
               he
               has
               constituted
               the
               Son
               and
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               two
               Deputies
               a
               under
               him
               ,
               calling
               the
               Son
               an
               Angel
               in
               this
               deputation
               ,
               in
               the
               Old
               Testament
               b
               .
            
             
               And
               on
               this
               Foundation
               stand
               those
               Expressions
               ,
               Let
               us
               make
               Man
               ,
               &c.
               
               c
               And
               thus
               ,
               through
               the
               Son
               it
               is
               that
               we
               are
               said
               to
               have
               Access
               ,
               by
               one
               Spirit
               to
               the
               Father
               d
               ;
               and
               thus
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               and
               S●tan
               the
               
                 E●●l
                 God
              
               e
               ;
               are
               in
               us
               like
               two
               contrary
               prompting
               and
               ruling
               powers
               f
               .
            
             
               Thus
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               the
               Son
               ,
               as
               Governour
               under
               the
               Father
               of
               these
               two
               lesser
               Gods
               ,
               administers
               the
               Gifts
               of
               the
               One
               ,
               g
               and
               restrains
               the
               temptations
               of
               the
               other
               ,
               h
               whilst
               they
               are
               in
               a
               perpetual
               War
               in
               us
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               all
               Mankind
               at
               once
               ,
               i
               one
               helping
               us
               ,
               the
               other
               tempting
               us
               ,
               one
               comforting
               us
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               accusing
               us
               ,
               one
               having
               seven
               the
               Number
               of
               Perfection
               attributed
               to
               him
               ,
               k
               as
               likewise
               has
               the
               other
               .
            
             
               And
               thus
               you
               are
               to
               understand
               the
               Texts
               of
               a
               universal
               good
               Angel
               ,
               l
               and
               a
               universal
               evil
               one
               ,
               m
               and
               tho'
               some
               have
               thought
               both
               Satan
               and
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               rather
               Names
               of
               Orders
               of
               Spirits
               ,
               than
               God-Angels
               ,
               citing
               n
               for
               it
               ;
               yet
               't
               is
               plain
               by
               the
               whole
               course
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               that
               those
               places
               more
               rationally
               ought
               to
               be
               understood
               ,
               that
               those
               Gods
               have
               Principalities
               ,
               and
               Angels
               ,
               &c.
               which
               are
               sometimes
               employ'd
               by
               them
               in
               Offices
               under
               them
               .
            
             
               If
               you
               desire
               to
               see
               this
               Matter
               more
               amply
               argued
               ,
               you
               must
               read
               Mr.
               
               Bidell's
               
               Twelve
               Arguments
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               who
               when
               he
               had
               made
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               so
               considerable
               as
               he
               did
               ,
               I
               wonder
               how
               he
               could
               continue
               a
               Socinian
               longer
               ;
               for
               the
               Scriptures
               so
               plainly
               set
               the
               Son
               above
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               and
               tell
               us
               ,
               That
               all
               Power
               is
               given
               to
               the
               Son
               both
               in
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               ,
               which
               he
               cannot
               possibly
               otherwise
               manage
               ,
               that
               I
               admire
               he
               did
               not
               turn
               Arrian
               through-out
               .
            
             
               But
               to
               return
               ,
               this
               Order
               of
               God's
               Administration
               through
               the
               Son
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               appears
               more
               plainly
               ,
               when
               we
               consider
               ,
               their
               gradative
               Stiles
               in
               Scripture
               ,
               and
               the
               Apostles
               Creed
               ;
               thus
               the
               Father
               only
               is
               called
               God
               in
               our
               Creed
               ,
               as
               only
               being
               so
               ;
               the
               Son
               called
               Lord
               ,
               as
               he
               only
               really
               is
               so
               under
               him
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               8.
               5
               ,
               6.
               and
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               or
               Spirit
               ,
               only
               stiled
               Holy
               ,
               in
               opposition
               to
               the
               Evil
               One.
               
            
             
               And
               thus
               ,
               the
               Divine
               Benefits
               we
               receive
               ,
               as
               from
               the
               Father
               ,
               are
               called
               Love
               and
               Operation
               ,
               from
               the
               Son
               Grace
               and
               Administration
               ;
               but
               from
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               and
               lesser
               Power
               ,
               only
               Gift
               and
               Fellowship
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               12.
               4
               ,
               5
               ,
               6.
               2
               
               Cor.
               13.
               14.
               and
               hence
               it
               was
               ,
               that
               all
               Communication
               between
               the
               Father
               and
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               being
               through
               the
               Son
               ,
               Prophecies
               ceas'd
               while
               the
               
                 Son
                 was
                 Incarnate
              
               .
            
             
               Next
               unto
               these
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               said
               ,
               succeed
               Principalities
               ,
               Powers
               ,
               and
               Dominions
               :
               Now
               these
               ,
               by
               their
               very
               Names
               shew
               themselves
               to
               be
               as
               lesser
               Deputies
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               as
               Governours
               of
               Provinces
               ,
               and
               Kingdoms
               ,
               
                 under
                 the
                 Gods
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 ,
              
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               and
               Satan
               ;
               and
               for
               these
               and
               their
               Offices
               you
               may
               see
               ,
               Dan.
               10.
               12
               ,
               13
               ,
               20
               ,
               21
               —
               12.
               1.
               
               Acts
               16.
               9.
               
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               As
               for
               Angels
               ,
               I
               need
               say
               nothing
               of
               them
               ,
               seeing
               their
               Names
               declare
               their
               Offices
               ,
               and
               the
               Scriptures
               abound
               with
               Examples
               of
               their
               performing
               them
               ;
               thus
               an
               Angel
               came
               to
               the
               
                 Virgin
                 Mary
              
               ,
               to
               Cornelius
               ,
               and
               several
               others
               ;
               so
               that
               of
               this
               enough
               :
               And
               if
               any
               thing
               remain
               ,
               it
               must
               be
               to
               explain
               the
               reasonableness
               of
               there
               Hierarchy
               .
            
          
           
             
               REFLECTIONS
               .
            
             
               I
               say
               therefore
               ,
               when
               we
               think
               to
               reason
               of
               Spirits
               ;
               we
               must
               freely
               allow
               our selves
               an
               open
               and
               generous
               source
               of
               Thought
               ;
               for
               as
               the
               Air
               ,
               and
               much
               more
               they
               are
               too
               fine
               for
               the
               gross
               Casements
               of
               our
               Eyes
               ;
               so
               if
               we
               design
               duly
               to
               examine
               their
               Nature
               ,
               we
               must
               be
               able
               to
               walk
               without
               Sence
               a
               little
               ,
               and
               not
               think
               to
               grope
               grosly
               after
               them
               ,
               as
               if
               we
               would
               feel
               them
               .
            
             
               First
               then
               ,
               I
               lay
               it
               down
               as
               a
               Rule
               ,
               That
               Spirits
               are
               Immortal
               ,
               and
               have
               no
               need
               of
               any
               nourishment
               ,
               nor
               do
               ,
               nor
               need
               we
               doubt
               this
               ,
               when
               we
               consider
               even
               how
               the
               Sun
               has
               subsisted
               ,
               how
               his
               unwearied
               Rays
               impair
               him
               not
               ,
               and
               how
               so
               many
               Thousand
               Years
               has
               not
               exhausted
               his
               Source
               of
               glowing
               Fuel
               .
            
             
               2
               ly
               ,
               To
               this
               I
               must
               add
               ,
               that
               I
               cannot
               but
               believe
               ,
               that
               like
               unto
               Clouds
               in
               the
               Air
               ,
               they
               gradually
               subsist
               in
               each
               other
               ,
               by
               the
               proportional
               Purity
               of
               each
               others
               Substances
               ;
               nor
               need
               this
               be
               strange
               to
               us
               ,
               for
               this
               is
               evident
               ,
               that
               God
               at
               least
               exists
               in
               all
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               rules
               them
               as
               easily
               as
               they
               by
               his
               permission
               can
               us
               ;
               and
               if
               so
               ,
               what
               hinders
               but
               that
               he
               may
               have
               Deputy-Gods
               to
               do
               the
               like
               under
               him
               .
            
             
               Nor
               can
               it
               well
               be
               otherwise
               ,
               than
               that
               they
               should
               rule
               one
               another
               thus
               ,
               through
               their
               gradual
               Purity
               ,
               and
               Inexistency
               ;
               for
               when
               we
               consider
               ,
               that
               Devils
               are
               entirely
               wicked
               ,
               and
               are
               not
               to
               be
               ruled
               otherwise
               than
               through
               a
               real
               force
               ,
               there
               remains
               no
               doubt
               ,
               but
               that
               as
               they
               are
               in
               subjection
               to
               one
               another
               ,
               so
               it
               is
               through
               such
               a
               real
               force
               as
               this
               ,
               that
               neither
               Art
               ,
               nor
               Conspiracy
               can
               destroy
               .
            
             
               But
               yet
               ,
               after
               all
               this
               ,
               methinks
               I
               hear
               
               hear
               you
               object
               ,
               that
               this
               is
               difficult
               to
               conceive
               ,
               that
               any
               Creature
               should
               be
               of
               so
               extensive
               a
               Power
               ;
               And
               yet
               why
               so
               ?
               Does
               not
               the
               Sun
               do
               the
               same
               thing
               in
               the
               Sensible
               ,
               and
               Vegetable
               World
               ?
               And
               shall
               we
               think
               as
               general
               a
               power
               in
               a
               Spirit
               ,
               that
               as
               easily
               pierce
               the
               thickest
               Bodies
               ,
               as
               he
               does
               the
               Air
               ,
               impossible
               ;
               nay
               ,
               or
               so
               much
               as
               difficult
               ,
               in
               the
               rational
               World
               :
               But
               what
               ?
               We
               know
               not
               how
               it
               is
               done
               ,
               no
               more
               we
               know
               not
               how
               God
               ,
               and
               our
               own
               Spirit
               exist
               within
               us
               .
            
             
               To
               conclude
               ,
               I
               shall
               only
               add
               ,
               that
               this
               being
               once
               granted
               ,
               there
               remains
               no
               difficulty
               to
               imagine
               ,
               how
               all
               our
               Spiritual
               Actions
               are
               perform'd
               ,
               and
               how
               we
               are
               tempted
               ;
               thus
               only
               the
               Supream
               God
               ,
               and
               his
               Son
               ,
               possibly
               may
               see
               our
               Thoughts
               ,
               the
               lesser
               Gods
               ,
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               and
               Satan
               ,
               may
               only
               have
               power
               of
               Imagery
               ,
               and
               prompting
               us
               ,
               while
               Potentates
               and
               Angels
               ,
               may
               only
               have
               power
               to
               rule
               and
               converse
               us
               .
            
             
               But
               of
               this
               enough
               ,
               and
               I
               shall
               now
               proceed
               to
               handle
               those
               particular
               Texts
               ,
               that
               you
               ,
               and
               others
               have
               cited
               against
               us
               .
            
          
           
             
               Particular
               TEXTS
               .
            
             
               
                 [
                 John
              
               1.
               1.
               ]
               Page
               216
               ,
               you
               tell
               us
               ,
               
                 In
                 the
                 beginning
                 was
                 the
                 Word
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Word
                 was
                 with
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Word
                 was
                 God
                 :
              
               And
               what
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               can
               be
               more
               agreeable
               to
               an
               Hypothesis
               than
               this
               to
               ours
               ?
               May
               I
               tell
               you
               more
               agreeable
               ,
               than
               the
               Trinitarian
               ,
               for
               here
               is
               no
               mention
               of
               a
               Union
               of
               these
               two
               ,
               but
               that
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               all
               Things
               there
               was
               a
               God
               ,
               which
               we
               beheld
               as
               the
               Word
               on
               the
               Earth
               ,
               that
               Existed
               with
               the
               Supream
               God
               ,
               that
               as
               his
               Instrument
               made
               all
               things
               ,
               and
               that
               coming
               to
               his
               own
               to
               redeem
               them
               ,
               they
               knew
               him
               not
               :
               And
               here
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               your
               Charges
               against
               the
               Socinians
               ,
               not
               only
               vanish
               to
               Air
               ,
               but
               turn
               against
               you
               ,
               when
               us'd
               by
               the
               Arrians
               .
            
             
               Now
               ,
               that
               you
               may
               not
               take
               our
               Idea
               of
               the
               Son
               to
               be
               groundless
               ,
               I
               shall
               give
               it
               you
               thus
               ,
               from
               Scripture
               itsself
               :
               He
               is
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               Creation
               of
               God
               ,
               a
               for
               Righteousness
               exalted
               to
               be
               God's
               Son
               ,
               b
               and
               yet
               as
               so
               wholly
               dependant
               on
               the
               Father
               c
               .
            
             
               So
               he
               is
               likewise
               made
               our
               Universal
               Lord
               and
               Ruler
               ,
               d
               nay
               ,
               even
               Lord
               of
               All
               ,
               with
               express
               Eminence
               ,
               e
               and
               Judge
               ,
               f
               who
               before
               his
               Incarnation
               ,
               was
               that
               Word
               ,
               by
               whom
               God
               made
               the
               Worlds
               ,
               and
               fram'd
               all
               Things
               ,
               g
               whether
               visible
               or
               invisible
               ,
               h
               but
               yet
               so
               as
               an
               Instrument
               only
               i
               :
               Which
               Texts
               I
               must
               agree
               with
               you
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               I
               think
               the
               Socinians
               
                 wrongfully
                 wrest
              
               to
               a
               new
               Creature
               .
            
             
               Further
               ,
               tho'
               the
               Son
               be
               often
               called
               God
               in
               Scripture
               ,
               as
               a
               ;
               yet
               that
               can
               give
               us
               no
               ground
               to
               equal
               him
               to
               the
               Father
               ,
               the
               Supream
               God
               ,
               because
               God
               is
               not
               only
               a
               Title
               ,
               as
               I
               have
               said
               often
               ,
               bestow'd
               on
               Creatures
               b
               ,
               but
               is
               particularly
               intended
               to
               the
               Son
               as
               such
               ,
               as
               you
               may
               see
               c
               ,
               where
               he
               is
               only
               declared
               to
               be
               Lord
               by
               it
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               Title
               inferiour
               and
               subordinate
               to
               God.
               
            
             
               
                 [
                 Prov.
              
               8.
               30.
               ]
               Your
               next
               Text
               I
               shall
               shall
               speak
               to
               ,
               is
               ,
               Prov.
               8.
               30.
               
               Then
               I
               was
               by
               him
               ,
               as
               one
               brought
               up
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               I
               was
               daily
               his
               delight
               ,
               rejoicing
               always
               before
               him
               .
               And
               what
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               does
               this
               
               look
               ,
               as
               if
               there
               was
               a
               coequality
               to
               be
               represented
               ?
               No
               ,
               surely
               ,
               the
               Text
               aggrandizes
               the
               Person
               of
               the
               Father
               too
               much
               ;
               and
               when
               you
               consider
               it
               ,
               I
               doubt
               not
               ,
               but
               you
               will
               grant
               me
               so
               .
            
             
               Nor
               need
               I
               give
               you
               other
               Answer
               here
               ,
               since
               you
               know
               I
               grant
               Christ
               in
               his
               pre-existent
               state
               d
               ,
               to
               be
               a
               Spirit
               of
               a
               Universal
               Power
               e
               ,
               who
               laying
               aside
               his
               blessed
               State
               f
               ,
               was
               deputed
               into
               Incarnation
               g
               ,
               and
               rewarded
               for
               it
               h
               ,
               being
               made
               our
               Mediatour
               g
               ,
               the
               Lord
               of
               our
               Temple
               and
               Sabbath
               ,
               and
               King
               and
               Spouse
               to
               the
               Universal
               Church
               i
               .
            
             
               
                 [
                 Exod.
              
               23.
               20.
               ]
               Page
               299.
               you
               say
               ,
               That
               there
               are
               many
               Texts
               in
               the
               Old
               Testament
               ,
               even
               by
               Christ
               and
               his
               Apostles
               ,
               applied
               to
               himself
               ,
               as
               then
               in
               being
               ;
               and
               I
               grant
               it
               you
               ,
               thus
               Zech.
               12.
               10.
               
               They
               shall
               look
               on
               me
               whom
               they
               have
               pierced
               ,
               page
               208
               ,
               and
               in
               Malacby
               ,
               Behold
               I
               will
               send
               my
               Messenger
               ,
               and
               he
               shall
               prepare
               the
               way
               before
               me
               ,
               page
               235
               ,
               answering
               to
               Mat.
               3.
               3.
               
               But
               what
               benefit
               will
               these
               Texts
               do
               you
               ?
               Nothing
               really
               ,
               but
               confound
               your
               Hypothesis
               .
            
             
               'T
               is
               true
               ,
               Christ
               did
               appear
               in-being
               in
               the
               Old
               Testament
               ,
               but
               as
               but
               an
               Angel
               ,
               bearing
               the
               Name
               of
               God
               k
               ,
               once
               in
               Eminence
               called
               ,
               The
               Angel
               of
               the
               Presence
               l
               ,
               and
               as
               he
               is
               sometimes
               called
               in
               the
               New
               Testament
               too
               ,
               m
               
                 Who
                 taking
                 flesh
                 upon
                 him
              
               ,
               shew'd
               as
               much
               by
               the
               Agonies
               he
               was
               in
               n
               .
            
             
               But
               to
               pretend
               ,
               that
               there
               could
               be
               the
               Union
               of
               two
               Rationals
               ,
               a
               God
               and
               a
               Soul
               in
               a
               Body
               ,
               to
               make
               a
               Person
               ;
               or
               that
               the
               Godhead
               could
               possibly
               divest
               itself
               of
               Power
               and
               Knowledge
               ,
               to
               possess
               the
               Body
               of
               an
               Infant
               ;
               or
               that
               it
               was
               otherwise
               in
               Christ
               ,
               who
               like
               others
               was
               a
               Child
               ,
               and
               grew
               in
               Knowledge
               by
               degrees
               ;
               are
               such
               Principles
               ,
               that
               without
               Men
               lay
               by
               their
               Reason
               with
               their
               Religion
               beyond
               retrieve
               ,
               I
               wonder
               they
               are
               not
               asham'd
               of
               .
            
             
               Besides
               ,
               even
               the
               satisfaction
               of
               Christ
               as
               God
               ,
               seems
               irrational
               ;
               What
               must
               we
               make
               our
               Creatour
               suffer
               for
               us
               ,
               e're
               he
               can
               pardon
               us
               ,
               and
               imaginarily
               manage
               the
               Machine
               of
               a
               humane
               Body
               ,
               to
               attone
               to
               himself
               ,
               and
               by
               himself
               ?
               What
               looks
               more
               impertinent
               and
               absurd
               ?
            
             
               But
               that
               Christ
               the
               Lord
               of
               all
               Creatures
               ,
               should
               attone
               their
               God
               for
               them
               ,
               nothing
               seems
               more
               rational
               or
               just
               ,
               if
               he
               design'd
               to
               satisfie
               God's
               Justice
               ,
               to
               destroy
               the
               Works
               of
               the
               Devil
               in
               Adam
               ,
               and
               bring
               us
               to
               Glory
               ,
               Heb.
               2.
               9
               ,
               10.
               
               And
               upon
               this
               account
               it
               was
               ,
               that
               for
               all
               Christ's
               Prayer
               ,
               That
               if
               it
               were
               possible
               this
               Cup
               should
               pass
               from
               him
               :
               God's
               Justice
               would
               not
               let
               it
               ,
               indeed
               he
               is
               too
               impartial
               even
               to
               spare
               his
               own
               Son.
               
            
             
               
                 [
                 Heb.
              
               1.
               ]
               Next
               ,
               I
               should
               speak
               of
               the
               Text
               ,
               Heb.
               1.
               quoted
               from
               Psal
               .
               102.
               25
               ,
               26
               ,
               27.
               and
               mention'd
               in
               your
               Book
               ,
               pag.
               200.
               
               How
               
                 Christ
                 fram'd
                 the
                 World
              
               ,
               which
               you
               know
               I
               deny
               not
               ,
               however
               ,
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               tell
               you
               ,
               that
               that
               Context
               utterly
               destroys
               your
               Hypothesis
               ,
               tho'
               it
               does
               not
               mine
               ;
               for
               how
               you
               will
               reconcile
               these
               words
               ,
               
                 Being
                 made
                 so
                 much
                 better
                 then
                 the
                 Angels
                 ,
              
               v.
               4.
               
               And
               
                 thou
                 hast
                 lov'd
                 Righteousness
                 ,
                 and
                 hated
                 Iniquity
                 ,
                 and
                 therefore
                 God
                 ,
                 even
                 thy
                 God
                 ,
                 has
                 anointed
                 thee
                 with
                 the
                 oyl
                 of
                 gladness
                 above
                 thy
                 fellows
                 ,
              
               viz.
               
                 Angels
                 in
                 the
                 Context
                 ,
                 I
                 know
                 not
              
               ;
               and
               yet
               you
               see
               Christ
               is
               called
               God
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               mentioned
               
               in
               his
               highest
               degree
               ,
               in
               the
               same
               Context
               ,
               v.
               8.
               9.
               
            
             
               So
               that
               I
               hope
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               if
               our
               Brother
               Socinus
               cannot
               please
               you
               ,
               as
               wresting
               too
               much
               the
               Scriptures
               in
               his
               Interpretations
               ,
               as
               you
               complain
               ,
               pag.
               229
               ,
               230
               ,
               yet
               the
               Arrian
               may
               give
               you
               satisfaction
               ,
               and
               shew
               you
               there
               is
               an
               Hypothesis
               more
               apt
               ,
               may
               I
               say
               ,
               almost
               infinitely
               than
               the
               Trinity
               .
            
             
               John
               3.
               16
               ,
               Page
               238
               ,
               you
               tell
               us
               ,
               
                 The
                 Fundamental
                 Mystery
                 of
                 Christianity
                 is
                 ,
                 that
                 God
                 so
                 loved
                 the
                 World
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 gave
                 his
                 only
                 begotten
                 Son
                 ,
                 that
                 whosoever
                 believeth
                 in
                 him
                 should
                 not
                 perish
                 ,
                 but
                 have
                 everlasting
                 Life
                 :
              
               And
               I
               agree
               with
               you
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               provided
               you
               will
               but
               take
               away
               your
               additional
               stretch
               of
               an
               Eternal
               Generation
               to
               the
               Words
               ,
               and
               let
               the
               Scripture
               interpret
               them
               .
            
             
               Now
               the
               ground
               upon
               which
               the
               Scriptures
               say
               Christ
               is
               called
               God's
               Son
               ,
               you
               may
               see
               plainly
               ;
               a
               and
               so
               for
               his
               Resurrection
               ,
               which
               God
               accomplish'd
               for
               him
               ,
               b
               But
               where
               is
               it
               we
               are
               to
               find
               ,
               he
               is
               his
               Son
               through
               an
               Eternal
               Generation
               ?
               Not
               surely
               because
               he
               is
               called
               God's
               Son
               ;
               for
               that
               he
               was
               not
               ,
               unless
               prophetically
               ,
               before
               his
               Incarnation
               ,
               nor
               only
               begotten
               ,
               for
               that
               might
               be
               only
               as
               he
               was
               God's
               eminentest
               ,
               and
               only
               peculiar
               Creature
               ,
               indeed
               the
               Texts
               before-cited
               ,
               take
               away
               all
               other
               Mystery
               from
               the
               Word
               whatever
               .
            
             
               So
               ,
               for
               his
               being
               without
               Sin
               in
               the
               Flesh
               ,
               it
               might
               be
               ,
               because
               ,
               as
               I
               said
               ,
               he
               was
               immediately
               God's
               Creation
               ,
               whereas
               all
               things
               else
               were
               made
               by
               him
               ,
               and
               through
               him
               ,
               and
               consequently
               more
               imperfect
               ;
               and
               for
               that
               cause
               too
               ,
               he
               may
               properly
               be
               called
               his
               only
               begotten
               Son
               ,
               and
               his
               express
               Image
               ,
               as
               no
               one
               besides
               has
               ,
               or
               is
               capable
               of
               managing
               an
               entire
               Deputation
               under
               him
               .
            
             
               And
               upon
               this
               account
               indeed
               it
               was
               too
               ,
               that
               he
               alone
               was
               able
               to
               bear
               the
               weight
               of
               the
               Prophecies
               ,
               and
               Tryals
               incident
               to
               our
               Redemption
               ;
               for
               if
               I
               may
               so
               say
               ,
               not
               only
               the
               Tryals
               were
               too
               hazardous
               to
               be
               ventur'd
               at
               by
               an
               ordinary
               Angel
               ,
               but
               no
               One
               ,
               except
               the
               Great
               Lord
               of
               the
               Creation
               ,
               would
               be
               like
               to
               shew
               so
               great
               a
               Love
               to
               it
               ,
               in
               its
               Redemption
               .
               Heb.
               2.
               9
               ,
               10.
               
            
             
               Besides
               ,
               as
               God's
               Justice
               is
               most
               impartial
               ,
               so
               even
               tho'
               the
               Son
               undertook
               the
               Office
               ,
               he
               was
               not
               favour'd
               in
               it
               ;
               thus
               when
               he
               became
               Incarnate
               ,
               he
               had
               no
               Power
               of
               his
               own
               a
               ,
               nor
               was
               he
               called
               to
               his
               Office
               ,
               till
               he
               had
               first
               sought
               to
               God
               with
               tears
               b
               ,
               and
               when
               he
               was
               too
               ,
               he
               was
               often
               left
               to
               the
               sharpest
               Tryals
               alone
               ,
               or
               else
               he
               could
               never
               have
               cry'd
               out
               ,
               
                 My
                 God
                 ,
                 my
                 God
                 ,
                 why
                 hast
                 thou
                 forsaken
                 me
                 ,
              
               when
               he
               was
               upon
               the
               Cross
               ,
               as
               he
               did
               .
            
             
               Indeed
               ,
               had
               he
               not
               then
               been
               wholly
               dependant
               on
               the
               Father
               c
               ,
               and
               directed
               by
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               d
               ,
               and
               as
               so
               dependant
               on
               God's
               Grace
               d
               ,
               he
               had
               been
               no
               apt
               Pattern
               for
               us
               e
               ,
               as
               he
               is
               now
               ,
               when
               subject
               to
               like
               Infirmities
               f
               ,
               and
               yet
               not
               but
               that
               I
               grant
               ,
               that
               after
               he
               was
               once
               rais'd
               again
               from
               the
               Dead
               by
               God
               g
               ,
               after
               his
               Ascention
               he
               receiv'd
               his
               Power
               again
               .
               Mat.
               28.
               18.
               
            
             
               Phil.
               2.
               6.
               
               Another
               Text
               you
               urge
               against
               us
               is
               ,
               That
               't
               is
               said
               of
               Christ
               ,
               Phil.
               2.
               6.
               
               
                 That
                 he
                 thought
                 it
                 not
                 robbery
                 to
                 be
                 equal
                 to
                 God
                 ,
              
               v.
               pag.
               240
               ,
               244.
               
               But
               whatever
               you
               surmize
               ,
               this
               Text
               will
               do
               you
               but
               little
               benefit
               ;
               for
               what
               is
               this
               ,
               but
               to
               
               require
               what
               I
               have
               granted
               ,
               that
               Jesus
               Christ
               is
               absolute
               Lord
               to
               all
               the
               Glory
               of
               the
               Father
               ;
               and
               indeed
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               if
               you
               would
               have
               but
               look'd
               a
               little
               further
               ,
               to
               v.
               9.
               and
               10
               ,
               you
               would
               have
               seen
               the
               Apostle
               himself
               ,
               apply
               this
               my
               Interpretation
               according
               to
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               15.
               27
               ,
               28.
               
            
             
               So
               pag.
               239
               ,
               you
               tell
               us
               ,
               
                 He
                 took
                 upon
                 him
                 the
                 form
                 of
                 a
                 Servant
                 .
              
               And
               pag.
               242.
               you
               say
               ,
               That
               
                 that
                 proves
                 his
                 Pre-existence
              
               :
               And
               I
               grant
               it
               you
               :
               And
               what
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               is
               not
               this
               agreeable
               to
               my
               Hypothesis
               ?
               But
               you
               add
               ,
               pag.
               242
               ,
               That
               
                 it
                 was
                 matter
                 of
                 free
                 choice
                 :
              
               And
               have
               I
               not
               said
               the
               same
               ?
               Indeed
               ,
               you
               have
               added
               ,
               pag.
               244
               ,
               
                 That
                 there
                 is
                 not
                 greater
                 Nonsence
                 ,
                 than
                 a
                 Creature-God
                 :
              
               But
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               then
               you
               should
               have
               prov'd
               it
               .
            
             
               John
               2.
               19.
               21.
               
               Page
               233
               ,
               you
               tell
               us
               ,
               
                 The
                 Temple
                 was
                 a
                 Type
                 of
                 Christ
                 :
              
               as
               you
               urge
               it
               more
               strongly
               ,
               pag.
               234
               ,
               235.
               
               And
               indeed
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               you
               are
               in
               the
               right
               ;
               but
               I
               hope
               you
               weild
               this
               Sword
               against
               the
               Socinians
               ,
               and
               not
               the
               Arrians
               .
               So
               pag.
               237
               ,
               you
               tell
               us
               ,
               of
               the
               
                 Types
                 of
                 Sacrifice
              
               ;
               but
               in
               all
               these
               things
               we
               agree
               with
               you
               ,
               Sir
               ;
               and
               our
               Cause
               ought
               to
               lose
               no
               Reputation
               ,
               by
               your
               Imputations
               ;
               and
               therefore
               excuse
               me
               ,
               if
               I
               put
               in
               thus
               a
               Caveat
               here
               and
               there
               ,
               least
               another
               Reader
               ,
               if
               not
               your self
               ,
               may
               be
               misled
               by
               them
               .
            
             
               John
               10.
               30.
               
               But
               now
               I
               am
               come
               to
               your
               great
               Charge
               ,
               Sir
               ;
               
                 I
                 and
                 my
                 Father
                 are
                 One
                 :
              
               And
               here
               you
               prepar'd
               your self
               before
               ,
               with
               your
               Self-consciousness
               ,
               p.
               57.
               but
               as
               to
               that
               ,
               I
               think
               ,
               I
               have
               answer'd
               you
               sufficiently
               already
               ;
               so
               that
               I
               hope
               ,
               even
               your self
               will
               judge
               ,
               that
               the
               Text
               ,
               John
               17.
               20
               ,
               21.
               alledg'd
               by
               you
               ,
               p.
               62
               ,
               will
               be
               a
               sufficient
               Answer
               to
               you
               ,
               for
               all
               your
               sine-spun
               Evasions
               ,
               p.
               61
               ,
               62
               ,
               63.
               
            
             
               1
               John
               5.
               7.
               
               The
               same
               Answer
               ,
               I
               shall
               return
               you
               to
               the
               Text
               :
               There
               are
               Three
               that
               bear
               Record
               in
               Heaven
               ,
               the
               Father
               ,
               the
               Word
               ,
               and
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               and
               those
               Three
               are
               One
               :
               and
               indeed
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               without
               questioning
               the
               Authority
               of
               this
               place
               ,
               what
               can
               we
               rationally
               mean
               by
               this
               Text
               ;
               unless
               One
               in
               bearing
               Record
               ,
               according
               as
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               3.
               8.
               and
               the
               Context
               directs
               ?
            
             
               So
               pag.
               51.
               you
               alledge
               ,
               that
               because
               Christ
               said
               ,
               
                 The
                 Father
                 is
                 in
                 me
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 in
                 him
                 ,
              
               that
               therefore
               they
               are
               essentially
               One
               ;
               as
               likewise
               ,
               because
               Christ
               is
               said
               to
               be
               
                 in
                 the
                 Bosome
                 of
                 the
                 Father
                 :
              
               But
               alas
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               your
               Inference
               is
               so
               weak
               ,
               and
               these
               Expressions
               so
               much
               better
               suit
               my
               Hypothesis
               than
               yours
               ,
               that
               they
               deserve
               not
               an
               Answer
               ;
               For
               pray
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               let
               me
               ask
               you
               ,
               Who
               is
               to
               be
               cherish'd
               in
               the
               Bosom
               ?
               What
               ,
               a
               Coequal
               ?
               And
               is
               not
               the
               other
               Expression
               adequate
               to
               both
               Hypothesis
               alike
               ?
            
             
               So
               pag.
               50
               ,
               you
               say
               ,
               
                 The
                 Son
                 perfectly
                 knows
                 the
                 Father
                 .
              
               And
               pag.
               59
               ,
               you
               alledge
               a
               Scripture
               to
               prove
               it
               ,
               which
               denies
               it
               ,
               indeed
               ,
               which
               shews
               you
               he
               knows
               but
               what
               the
               Father
               sees
               good
               to
               tell
               him
               :
               Besides
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               in
               this
               matter
               you
               have
               us'd
               such
               a
               shuffling
               Method
               of
               answering
               ,
               as
               I
               shew'd
               you
               before
               ,
               in
               treating
               about
               the
               Hour
               of
               Judgment
               ,
               that
               Christ
               knows
               not
               something
               as
               Man
               ,
               and
               yet
               all
               things
               on
               occasion
               as
               God
               ,
               in
               the
               same
               Person
               ,
               that
               really
               till
               your
               Hypothesis
               let
               you
               write
               better
               ,
               you
               deserve
               no
               Answer
               .
            
             
               John
               2.
               25.
               
               But
               as
               a
               strengthning
               to
               this
               ,
               may
               be
               alledg'd
               ,
               what
               you
               have
               wrote
               ,
               pag.
               245.
               that
               Christ
               tells
               us
               ,
               
                 He
                 knew
                 what
                 was
                 in
                 man
                 :
              
               And
               no
               doubt
               of
               it
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               he
               needed
               not
               that
               any
               Man
               should
               testifie
               of
               Man
               ;
               but
               does
               this
               therefore
               argue
               ,
               he
               had
               not
               this
               knowledge
               from
               the
               Father
               ,
               by
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               .
            
             
               Besides
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               if
               you
               mean
               ▪
               that
               in
               his
               pre-existent
               state
               he
               sees
               our
               Thoughts
               ,
               as
               you
               seem
               to
               alledge
               ,
               pag.
               248
               ,
               and
               252
               ,
               I
               answer
               you
               ,
               I
               never
               denied
               it
               ;
               but
               if
               you
               think
               ,
               he
               knew
               what
               was
               in
               Man
               whilst
               Incarnate
               ,
               otherwise
               than
               by
               Revelation
               ,
               
               I
               must
               confess
               you
               make
               me
               dissent
               from
               you
               ;
               for
               if
               he
               had
               ,
               he
               could
               never
               have
               ask'd
               Men
               occasionally
               so
               many
               Questions
               as
               he
               did
               :
               as
               when
               he
               ask'd
               his
               Disciples
               ,
               What
               John
               thought
               of
               him
               ?
               And
               what
               Men
               said
               of
               him
               ?
            
             
               Mat.
               28.
               18.
               
               Page
               247
               ,
               you
               tell
               us
               ,
               
                 That
                 Christ
                 had
                 all
                 power
                 both
                 in
                 heaven
                 and
                 earth
                 given
                 him
                 :
              
               But
               I
               wonder
               you
               will
               cite
               a
               Text
               so
               much
               against
               you
               ;
               for
               if
               it
               was
               given
               him
               ,
               was
               there
               not
               a
               time
               then
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               it
               not
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               during
               his
               Incarnation
               ,
               according
               to
               John
               17.
               
               And
               if
               so
               ,
               what
               good
               will
               all
               your
               little
               Arguings
               ,
               p.
               248
               ,
               250
               ,
               and
               251.
               do
               you
               .
            
             
               You
               know
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               whatever
               the
               Socinians
               do
               ,
               our
               Hypothesis
               supposes
               him
               eminently
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               a
               ,
               and
               the
               Universal
               Lord
               b
               ,
               nor
               do
               we
               deny
               him
               properly
               to
               be
               called
               a
               God
               ,
               provided
               it
               be
               expressed
               as
               in
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               in
               subordination
               to
               the
               Father
               ,
               Heb.
               1.
               8
               ,
               9.
               for
               there
               in
               his
               highest
               Glory
               and
               Exaltation
               ,
               he
               is
               always
               put
               under
               the
               Father
               c
               .
            
             
               Mat.
               9.
               6.
               
               But
               you
               say
               ,
               pag.
               249.
               
               
                 That
                 the
                 son
                 of
                 man
                 hath
                 power
                 on
                 earth
                 ,
                 to
                 forgive
                 sins
                 :
              
               But
               what
               then
               ?
               That
               it
               was
               not
               his
               own
               Power
               ,
               appears
               by
               his
               Answer
               to
               the
               Sons
               of
               
                 Zebbedee
                 ▪
                 Mat.
              
               20.
               23.
               which
               he
               would
               not
               have
               given
               ,
               had
               he
               been
               a
               Supream
               and
               Coequal
               God
               ;
               nay
               more
               ,
               to
               confirm
               this
               ,
               he
               declares
               he
               knows
               not
               the
               Hour
               of
               Judgment
               ,
               Mark
               13.
               32.
               1
               
               Tim.
               6.
               15.
               
               Indeed
               ,
               after
               his
               Resurrection
               he
               tells
               us
               ,
               The
               Father
               hath
               put
               all
               Times
               and
               Seasons
               in
               his
               own
               Power
               ,
               Acts
               1.
               7.
               
               And
               tells
               us
               ,
               That
               God
               gave
               him
               even
               the
               Revelations
               to
               shew
               unto
               his
               Servants
               ,
               Rev.
               1.
               1.
               
            
             
               John
               5.
               23.
               
               The
               last
               Text
               I
               shall
               write
               of
               in
               general
               of
               the
               Son
               ,
               is
               ,
               That
               all
               Men
               should
               honour
               the
               Son
               ,
               as
               they
               honour
               the
               Father
               :
               and
               this
               p.
               173
               ,
               you
               say
               ,
               
                 Ought
                 to
                 be
                 equal
                 to
                 the
                 honour
                 we
                 pay
                 the
                 Father
                 :
              
               and
               I
               prettily
               observe
               ,
               that
               you
               put
               off
               ,
               that
               God
               appointed
               that
               Honour
               ,
               on
               pretence
               ,
               that
               't
               is
               natural
               for
               the
               Son
               to
               receive
               Honour
               by
               the
               Father
               .
            
             
               So
               pag.
               253
               ,
               254
               ,
               255
               ,
               you
               are
               upon
               a
               continuation
               of
               the
               same
               Argument
               :
               But
               alas
               ,
               how
               woodenly
               :
               No
               Reader
               can
               peruse
               you
               ,
               and
               not
               see
               .
               Page
               62
               ,
               you
               can
               grant
               your self
               ,
               that
               (
               as
               )
               signifies
               a
               likeness
               ,
               and
               not
               always
               sameness
               in
               degree
               ;
               And
               if
               so
               ,
               why
               cannot
               our
               Brother
               Socinian's
               Answer
               serve
               you
               ?
            
             
               But
               however
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               put
               this
               matter
               out
               of
               all
               doubt
               ;
               Pray
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               consider
               a
               little
               ,
               is
               there
               no
               difference
               ,
               between
               the
               great
               Son
               of
               God
               our
               Mediator
               ,
               and
               every
               little
               Creature
               ,
               and
               is
               not
               there
               a
               difference
               ,
               between
               a
               Mediator
               appointed
               by
               God
               ,
               and
               one
               set
               up
               meerly
               by
               the
               whimsie
               of
               Man
               ?
               If
               these
               are
               not
               good
               Reasons
               ,
               for
               our
               giving
               to
               Christ
               Honour
               as
               a
               Mediatour
               ,
               I
               know
               not
               what
               are
               ,
               I
               am
               sure
               they
               are
               better
               ,
               than
               to
               make
               God
               stoop
               to
               such
               a
               petty
               Honour
               ,
               as
               to
               be
               absurdly
               Mediator
               to
               himself
               .
            
             
               But
               you
               have
               a
               further
               Argument
               ,
               pag.
               205
               ,
               from
               2
               Phil.
               9.
               10
               ,
               11.
               
               That
               
                 at
                 the
                 Name
                 of
                 Jesus
                 ,
                 every
                 knee
                 shall
                 bow
              
               —
               and
               that
               
                 every
                 tongue
                 shall
                 confess
              
               ,
               (
               But
               what
               ?
               )
               
                 that
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 is
                 Lord
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 glory
                 of
                 the
                 Father
                 .
              
               And
               who
               shall
               deny
               you
               this
               Honour
               ?
               Not
               I
               :
               no
               ,
               I
               will
               grant
               it
               you
               in
               confusion
               to
               your
               own
               Hypothesis
               ;
               for
               't
               is
               such
               a
               Lord
               ,
               and
               not
               a
               God
               ,
               that
               I
               would
               have
               you
               think
               him
               to
               be
               .
            
             
               Now
               ,
               that
               we
               might
               the
               better
               understand
               what
               Honour
               is
               due
               to
               the
               Son
               ,
               the
               Scripture
               hath
               expresly
               called
               it
               ,
               and
               appointed
               it
               to
               be
               Mediation
               a
               ,
               but
               yet
               not
               so
               as
               that
               we
               should
               pray
               to
               him
               for
               our
               Mediation
               ,
               no
               more
               than
               we
               are
               to
               pray
               to
               him
               for
               any
               thing
               else
               .
            
             
             
               Nor
               ought
               any
               other
               Worship
               to
               be
               paid
               him
               ,
               unless
               personally
               present
               ,
               and
               then
               as
               the
               only
               Son
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               Lord
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               he
               requires
               it
               ,
               and
               such
               Worship
               is
               what
               is
               given
               him
               ,
               Heb.
               1.
               6.
               where
               the
               following
               verses
               ,
               7
               ,
               8
               ,
               9.
               plainly
               shew
               it
               not
               to
               be
               intended
               of
               the
               Supream
               Worship
               ,
               but
               as
               is
               mentioned
               ,
               Rev.
               5.
               9
               ,
               10
               ,
               11
               ,
               12
               ,
               13.
               because
               God
               for
               his
               excellency
               and
               worthiness
               has
               appointed
               him
               that
               Honour
               .
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               To
               account
               2
               Cor.
               13.
               14.
               for
               a
               a
               Supream
               Adoration
               ,
               were
               to
               make
               Gen.
               48.
               16.
               so
               too
               ;
               and
               as
               for
               the
               Worship
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               as
               you
               your self
               can
               as
               good
               as
               confess
               ,
               pag.
               194
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               mention
               made
               of
               it
               in
               the
               whole
               Scriptures
               :
               so
               that
               you
               may
               see
               on
               what
               a
               rotten
               Foundation
               your
               Faith
               stands
               ;
               and
               indeed
               ,
               were
               not
               the
               Truth
               I
               write
               for
               now
               ,
               near
               as
               clear
               as
               the
               Sun
               at
               Noon
               ,
               I
               should
               not
               be
               so
               zealous
               for
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Mediatory
               Kingdom
               .
            
             
               I
               proceed
               now
               to
               write
               of
               Christ's
               Mediatory
               Kingdom
               ,
               and
               here
               I
               cannot
               but
               observe
               ,
               how
               the
               Trinitarian
               Hypothesis
               distorts
               the
               whole
               frame
               of
               Truth
               ,
               makes
               God
               a
               Mediator
               to
               himself
               ,
               and
               a
               Coequal
               take
               as
               an
               Honour
               an
               underling
               Office
               ,
               whereas
               Christ
               in
               the
               Arrian
               Idea
               ,
               as
               the
               great
               Son
               of
               God
               ,
               is
               fit
               to
               be
               our
               Mediator
               between
               God
               and
               his
               Handiwork
               ,
               and
               may
               be
               deservedly
               honour'd
               with
               the
               Title
               ,
               that
               he
               alone
               can
               prevail
               with
               God
               for
               mercy
               for
               us
               .
            
             
               And
               here
               I
               cannot
               but
               let
               you
               see
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               with
               what
               false
               colours
               you
               would
               magnifie
               this
               Office
               ,
               to
               make
               it
               rational
               for
               a
               Coequal
               to
               accept
               of
               it
               ;
               thus
               ,
               pag.
               159
               ,
               you
               make
               it
               nothing
               ,
               That
               
                 God
                 exalted
                 him
                 to
                 it
              
               :
               And
               so
               pag.
               163
               ,
               That
               he
               was
               forc'd
               
                 first
                 to
                 suffer
                 for
                 it
              
               ,
               and
               then
               receive
               it
               as
               a
               Gift
               ;
               whereas
               indeed
               ,
               if
               he
               were
               a
               Coequal
               ,
               it
               were
               both
               servile
               and
               degrading
               to
               him
               ,
               even
               to
               accept
               it
               ,
               tho'
               on
               any
               Terms
               ,
               and
               tho'
               with
               a
               Reward
               .
            
             
               So
               pag.
               173.
               
               I
               cannot
               but
               admire
               ,
               to
               see
               how
               you
               [
               glorious
               ]
               out
               this
               Kingdom
               ,
               how
               you
               would
               fain
               seem
               to
               make
               it
               command
               the
               Father
               ;
               when
               alas
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               you
               know
               your self
               ,
               all
               the
               Power
               of
               this
               Kingdom
               ,
               is
               but
               an
               humble
               Intercession
               ,
               p.
               179.
               
               Indeed
               your
               Argument
               ,
               p.
               176
               ,
               and
               243.
               
               That
               
                 no
                 One
                 but
                 a
                 God
                 can
                 administer
                 it
              
               ;
               is
               somewhat
               forcible
               against
               the
               Socinians
               ,
               but
               can
               be
               of
               no
               force
               for
               you
               against
               the
               Arrians
               .
            
             
               But
               why
               do
               I
               use
               more
               words
               ,
               That
               all
               Power
               in
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               were
               given
               him
               after
               his
               death
               ,
               Mat.
               28.
               18.
               
               If
               a
               God
               coequal
               before
               ,
               were
               Nonsence
               ,
               and
               as
               a
               Creature-God
               ,
               your self
               says
               he
               cannot
               exercise
               it
               ;
               so
               that
               Prophecies
               should
               cease
               ,
               as
               they
               did
               while
               he
               was
               Incarnate
               ,
               John
               7.
               39
               —
               16.
               7.
               13
               ,
               14
               ,
               15.
               were
               absurd
               ;
               otherwise
               ,
               indeed
               ,
               you
               might
               as
               justly
               frame
               a
               Mediatory
               Kingdom
               ,
               to
               interpret
               that
               great
               Text
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               John
               16.
               13
               ,
               14
               ,
               15
               ,
               as
               build
               such
               a
               groundless
               one
               as
               this
               for
               Christ
               .
            
          
           
             
               Of
               the
               Three
               Persons
               together
               .
            
             
               Having
               premised
               thus
               much
               in
               general
               of
               the
               Son
               ,
               and
               indeed
               on
               whom
               almost
               depends
               the
               whole
               hinge
               of
               the
               Controversie
               ,
               I
               shall
               now
               proceed
               ,
               to
               shew
               you
               how
               the
               whole
               Three
               Persons
               are
               treated
               ,
               when
               they
               are
               named
               together
               in
               Scripture
               ,
               that
               you
               may
               see
               even
               there
               our
               Hypothesis
               prevails
               also
               .
            
             
               Know
               then
               ,
               that
               in
               such
               places
               ,
               the
               Father
               is
               represented
               as
               our
               God
               distinct
               and
               solely
               ,
               the
               Son
               our
               Lord
               distinct
               and
               wholly
               ,
               and
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               only
               as
               our
               aiding
               Spirit
               or
               Comforter
               ,
               Eph.
               4.
               4
               ,
               5
               ,
               6.
               1
               
               Cor.
               8.
               5
               ,
               6.
               
               So
               in
               the
               Revelations
               likewise
               ,
               St.
               John
               makes
               the
               Son
               and
               Holy
               
               Ghost
               ,
               but
               as
               Attendants
               on
               the
               Throne
               of
               the
               Father
               ,
               Rev.
               5.
               7.
               8
               ,
               9
               ,
               &c.
               whilst
               he
               only
               sits
               on
               the
               Throne
               ;
               and
               the
               greatest
               Honour
               even
               of
               the
               Son
               is
               ,
               that
               he
               has
               redeem'd
               us
               ,
               and
               so
               is
               become
               worthy
               to
               open
               the
               Book
               .
            
             
               But
               yet
               as
               I
               have
               formerly
               shewn
               you
               ,
               as
               the
               Father
               impowers
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               through
               the
               Son
               ,
               in
               all
               Acts
               of
               Grace
               ,
               so
               are
               their
               Records
               One
               ,
               1
               John
               5.
               7.
               
               And
               yet
               not
               but
               that
               this
               Record
               receives
               a
               stile
               agreeable
               to
               the
               Excellency
               of
               the
               Person
               giving
               it
               ,
               where
               't
               is
               distinguish'd
               ,
               thus
               in
               the
               Father
               't
               is
               call'd
               Operation
               ,
               the
               Son
               Administration
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               Gifts
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               12.
               4
               ,
               5
               ,
               6.
               
               And
               the
               manner
               of
               Gift
               in
               the
               Father
               is
               called
               Love
               ,
               in
               the
               Son
               Grace
               ,
               and
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               Fellowship
               ▪
               2
               Cor.
               13.
               14.
               
               Rom.
               15.
               16.
               
            
             
               So
               likewise
               ,
               as
               all
               Three
               being
               engaged
               in
               our
               Salvation
               ,
               they
               are
               put
               in
               as
               Articles
               to
               our
               Apostles
               Creed
               ,
               but
               yet
               with
               subordinate
               Titles
               ,
               as
               God
               ,
               Lord
               ,
               and
               Holy
               ,
               to
               shew
               their
               distinction
               ,
               and
               inferiority
               ;
               so
               that
               your
               Argument
               you
               see
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               that
               their
               being
               there
               ,
               makes
               them
               Coequal
               and
               God
               ,
               is
               very
               weak
               ,
               pag.
               197.
               for
               by
               the
               same
               Reason
               you
               might
               make
               every
               body
               ,
               or
               the
               Catholick
               Church
               ,
               God
               likewise
               .
            
             
               Hence
               likewise
               ,
               the
               ancient
               Doxology
               before
               it
               was
               alter'd
               ,
               was
               ,
               Glory
               be
               to
               the
               Father
               ,
               through
               the
               Son
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ;
               (
               see
               Sparks
               on
               the
               Liturgy
               )
               which
               shew'd
               plainly
               their
               Subordination
               :
               Indeed
               since
               ,
               upon
               the
               prevailing
               of
               the
               Doctrine
               of
               the
               Trinity
               ,
               it
               has
               been
               alter'd
               :
               But
               with
               what
               Scripture-Authority
               ?
               Now
               I
               hope
               you
               see
               plainly
               .
            
             
               But
               I
               shall
               not
               dissent
               from
               you
               ,
               that
               the
               Socinians
               absurdly
               baptize
               in
               the
               Name
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               if
               there
               were
               none
               ;
               and
               they
               do
               worse
               than
               those
               Disciples
               who
               never
               heard
               of
               him
               ,
               for
               they
               acknowledg'd
               him
               when
               they
               did
               ,
               which
               these
               ,
               even
               now
               ,
               do
               not
               :
               But
               what
               ,
               are
               not
               they
               our
               Brethren
               ?
               And
               are
               we
               not
               bound
               to
               have
               a
               Charity
               for
               their
               Errour
               ?
               And
               who
               shall
               condemn
               them
               in
               it
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               wilfully
               blind
               .
            
             
               However
               ,
               to
               return
               :
               This
               makes
               not
               but
               that
               we
               are
               baptiz'd
               in
               their
               Names
               as
               our
               Spiritual
               Governours
               ,
               Mat.
               28.
               19.
               for
               so
               even
               the
               Scripture
               plainly
               express
               themselves
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               12.
               13
               ,
               27
               —
               10.
               2.
               where
               we
               are
               told
               ,
               That
               we
               are
               baptiz'd
               by
               one
               Spirit
               into
               one
               body
               ,
               which
               is
               Christ
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               into
               the
               Church
               ,
               by
               his
               Minister
               ,
               whereof
               he
               is
               the
               Head
               ,
               to
               the
               Worship
               ,
               Honour
               ,
               and
               Glory
               of
               God
               :
               And
               what
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               will
               you
               interpret
               against
               Scripture
               ?
            
             
               And
               this
               consider'd
               ,
               where
               stands
               any
               room
               for
               your
               Calumnies
               ,
               page
               27
               ,
               210
               ,
               211
               ,
               212
               ,
               213
               ,
               214.
               
               Is
               not
               the
               whole
               Foundation
               of
               your
               Argument
               rotten
               ?
               Does
               Baptism
               shew
               Worship
               ?
               And
               if
               not
               ,
               how
               can
               it
               be
               an
               open
               and
               barefac'd
               Idolatry
               ?
               What
               may
               not
               there
               be
               a
               Ceremony
               in
               it
               ,
               to
               shew
               us
               ,
               who
               under
               God
               ,
               are
               our
               Spiritual
               Governour
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               by
               Water
               to
               imitate
               the
               cleansing
               of
               Regeneration
               ?
               If
               so
               ,
               why
               may
               not
               my
               Construction
               of
               it
               ,
               agreeable
               to
               Scripture-Interpretation
               ,
               be
               as
               good
               as
               yours
               ?
               I
               protest
               before
               God
               ,
               did
               not
               my
               Hypothesis
               not
               only
               want
               Absurdity
               ,
               but
               suit
               most
               rationally
               ,
               yea
               most
               naturally
               to
               Truth
               and
               the
               Scriptures
               ,
               I
               would
               sooner
               dye
               than
               adhere
               to
               it
               .
            
             
               Lastly
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               to
               put
               your
               Union
               in
               your
               Hypothesis
               beyond
               all
               doubt
               ,
               the
               Scriptures
               have
               plainly
               shewn
               us
               ,
               that
               these
               Three
               Persons
               have
               various
               and
               distinct
               Intellectual
               Powers
               ,
               John
               16.
               13
               ,
               14
               ,
               15
               ,
               16.
               
               Mark
               13.
               32.
               
               John
               12.
               49.
               
               And
               indeed
               ,
               we
               might
               rationally
               have
               collected
               as
               much
               ,
               from
               their
               being
               given
               and
               sent
               ,
               did
               not
               our
               Mysteries
               quite
               shut
               our
               Eyes
               against
               Reason
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               The
               FATHER
               .
            
             
               Nor
               do
               the
               Scriptures
               cited
               of
               the
               Son
               ,
               and
               Three
               Persons
               ,
               only
               agree
               to
               strengthen
               our
               Hypothesis
               ,
               and
               destroy
               yours
               ,
               but
               even
               those
               that
               relate
               to
               the
               Father
               and
               Holy
               Ghost
               likewise
               ;
               I
               shall
               give
               you
               short
               Specimens
               of
               both
               ,
               beginning
               with
               the
               first
               first
               ,
               and
               then
               proceeding
               to
               the
               other
               ,
               and
               after
               that
               ,
               I
               shall
               conclude
               my
               Scripture-proofs
               in
               this
               ,
               and
               proceed
               .
            
             
               Know
               then
               ,
               that
               the
               Scriptures
               plainly
               tell
               us
               ,
               that
               the
               Father
               is
               the
               One
               a
               ,
               only
               true
               God
               b
               ,
               only
               Good
               c
               ,
               only
               wise
               d
               ,
               greater
               than
               the
               Son
               e
               ,
               only
               sitting
               on
               the
               Throne
               ,
               the
               Son
               and
               Holy
               Ghost
               being
               as
               his
               Attendants
               f
               ,
               and
               his
               Name
               is
               ,
               
                 I
                 am
              
               g
               ,
               in
               opposition
               to
               α
               and
               ω
               ,
               the
               First
               and
               the
               Last
               ,
               One
               signifying
               a
               pure
               and
               infinite
               Being
               ,
               the
               other
               the
               first
               and
               great
               Creature
               ,
               Rev.
               3.
               14.
               
            
             
               Further
               the
               Scriptures
               shew
               us
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               agreeable
               with
               a
               due
               reverence
               ,
               that
               we
               should
               confound
               the
               Titles
               of
               the
               Father
               with
               others
               ;
               thus
               Christ
               gives
               us
               a
               particular
               charge
               ,
               to
               remember
               not
               only
               that
               there
               is
               but
               One
               God
               ,
               but
               that
               we
               have
               but
               one
               Father
               ,
               and
               one
               Master
               ,
               Mat.
               23.
               8
               ,
               9.
               and
               St.
               Paul
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               8.
               4
               ,
               5
               ,
               6.
               tells
               us
               ,
               That
               in
               truth
               there
               is
               but
               One
               God
               ,
               and
               One
               Lord
               ;
               to
               wit
               ,
               the
               Father
               ,
               and
               his
               Son
               Christ
               Jesus
               ,
               according
               to
               Phil.
               2.
               11.
               
            
             
               So
               they
               say
               ,
               the
               Father
               is
               the
               Supream
               Lord
               of
               all
               h
               ,
               and
               greater
               than
               the
               Son
               i
               ,
               and
               really
               his
               God
               too
               k
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               is
               the
               Fountain
               of
               Grace
               l
               ,
               and
               only
               invisible
               m
               ,
               whereas
               the
               Son
               and
               Holy
               Ghost
               have
               been
               often
               seen
               ,
               so
               he
               is
               only
               reveal'd
               by
               the
               Son
               n
               .
            
             
               But
               what
               need
               I
               repeat
               more
               of
               these
               proofs
               ?
               The
               Scriptures
               are
               full
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               were
               not
               Men
               blinded
               as
               they
               are
               ,
               with
               the
               Epicicles
               of
               their
               Two
               Natures
               in
               Christ
               ,
               and
               Mediatory
               Offices
               ,
               &c.
               whereby
               they
               beg
               the
               thing
               in
               dispute
               ,
               and
               anticipate
               all
               Proofs
               ,
               they
               would
               see
               the
               Sun
               is
               not
               clearer
               than
               the
               Proofs
               I
               have
               given
               them
               ;
               hereafter
               ,
               I
               believe
               ,
               Men
               will
               admire
               at
               our
               blindness
               ,
               as
               much
               as
               we
               do
               at
               the
               Papists
               now
               ;
               but
               I
               see
               the
               Hand
               of
               God
               is
               upon
               us
               ,
               we
               are
               cursed
               to
               it
               ,
               and
               only
               Prayers
               can
               remove
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               Of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               .
            
             
               I
               come
               now
               to
               speak
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               to
               shew
               you
               how
               much
               in
               every
               Point
               your
               Hypothesis
               straggles
               ,
               and
               how
               you
               dissent
               from
               Scripture
               ,
               in
               every
               step
               you
               have
               made
               in
               your
               Mystery
               ;
               while
               the
               Arrian
               answers
               it
               ,
               may
               I
               say
               to
               the
               most
               exact
               Truth
               ,
               and
               keeps
               a
               due
               mean
               between
               your
               coequal
               Gods
               ,
               and
               the
               Socinians
               no
               less
               absurd
               meer
               Man
               ,
               and
               power
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               Know
               then
               ,
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               the
               Spirit
               of
               Truth
               a
               ,
               called
               so
               in
               opposition
               to
               Satan
               the
               lying
               Spirit
               ,
               is
               a
               great
               God
               or
               Principally
               ,
               and
               Christ's
               Universal
               Deputy
               b
               ,
               and
               as
               so
               the
               Giver
               of
               all
               good
               Gifts
               c
               .
            
             
             
               Yet
               so
               ,
               as
               he
               is
               subject
               to
               the
               Son
               ,
               and
               receives
               his
               Authority
               from
               him
               d
               ,
               and
               thence
               ,
               I
               believe
               it
               peremptory
               to
               blaspheme
               his
               Evidence
               e
               ,
               for
               to
               lie
               to
               him
               ,
               is
               to
               lie
               to
               God
               f
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               through
               him
               ,
               though
               he
               be
               but
               in
               reality
               an
               Angel
               ,
               Rev.
               2.
               1.
               2.
               11.
               compar'd
               to
               Acts
               22
               ,
               34.
               
               Luke
               3.
               21
               ,
               22.
               where
               he
               made
               the
               like
               Visions
               ;
               and
               indeed
               Blasphemy
               against
               him
               otherwise
               were
               absurd
               ;
               it
               should
               rather
               be
               against
               the
               Father
               and
               Son
               ,
               especially
               the
               Father
               ,
               as
               
                 Fons
                 Deitatis
              
               ,
               and
               whom
               the
               Jews
               reverenc'd
               when
               they
               knew
               not
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               .
            
             
               Further
               ,
               as
               God
               made
               the
               Son
               his
               Instrument
               in
               the
               Angelical
               Creation
               ,
               so
               he
               sub-deputed
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               in
               the
               Formation
               of
               Man
               g
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Earth
               h
               ,
               and
               upon
               this
               account
               ,
               the
               Spirit
               is
               called
               Eminenter
               ,
               the
               Spirit
               of
               God
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               the
               greatest
               next
               to
               God
               the
               Father
               ,
               and
               the
               Lord
               Christ
               ,
               and
               the
               most
               extraordinary
               Gift
               of
               God
               in
               his
               assistance
               i
               .
            
             
               But
               yet
               he
               is
               absolutely
               Christ's
               Deputy
               ,
               and
               sent
               by
               the
               Son
               ,
               from
               the
               Father
               k
               ,
               that
               till
               Christ
               went
               ,
               he
               could
               not
               come
               l
               ,
               and
               yet
               't
               is
               he
               that
               under
               Christ
               bestows
               all
               variety
               of
               Spiritual
               Gists
               m
               ,
               that
               dwells
               in
               us
               n
               ,
               that
               spake
               by
               the
               Prophets
               o
               ,
               that
               helps
               our
               Prayers
               p
               ,
               and
               indeed
               ,
               that
               assists
               our
               ordinary
               Discourse
               q
               ,
               by
               his
               Grace
               ,
               or
               holy
               anointing
               r
               .
            
             
               But
               to
               shut
               up
               all
               ,
               he
               is
               in
               no
               place
               of
               the
               whole
               Scripture
               ,
               either
               dire●tly
               called
               God
               ,
               or
               order'd
               to
               be
               worship'd
               ;
               which
               last
               thing
               you
               are
               so
               modest
               as
               to
               grant
               ,
               page
               194
               ,
               195
               ;
               so
               that
               upon
               the
               whole
               matter
               ,
               to
               Idea
               him
               in
               coequality
               to
               the
               Father
               ,
               as
               you
               see
               were
               so
               plain
               a
               violence
               to
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               he
               not
               having
               so
               much
               Honour
               allow'd
               him
               ,
               as
               even
               the
               Son
               has
               ,
               that
               I
               declare
               ,
               I
               admire
               it
               .
            
             
               And
               by
               this
               time
               ,
               I
               hope
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               you
               see
               plainly
               ,
               that
               your
               reasoning
               about
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               page
               179
               ,
               193
               ▪
               are
               meer
               shuffles
               ,
               and
               that
               your
               Texts
               ,
               1
               Cor.
               2.
               10.
               quoted
               by
               you
               ,
               page
               53.
               
               That
               
                 the
                 Spirit
                 searcheth
                 all
                 things
                 ,
                 yea
                 the
                 deep
                 things
                 of
                 God
                 :
              
               has
               no
               other
               sence
               ▪
               than
               that
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               co-operating
               with
               our
               Spirit
               ,
               reveals
               us
               the
               greatest
               knowledge
               we
               attain
               ,
               and
               that
               is
               what
               agrees
               with
               the
               Context
               ,
               and
               the
               Text
               you
               cite
               in
               the
               next
               Page
               ;
               but
               if
               it
               does
               with
               your
               Hypothesis
               ,
               I
               am
               mistaken
               .
            
             
               As
               for
               your
               other
               Reasons
               ,
               page
               54
               ,
               55.
               and
               64
               ,
               65.
               brought
               to
               prove
               the
               self-consciousness
               of
               the
               Father
               and
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               they
               are
               as
               groundless
               as
               the
               rest
               of
               your
               Mystery
               ,
               and
               therefore
               I
               shall
               only
               shew
               you
               I
               take
               notice
               of
               them
               ;
               indeed
               ,
               if
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               knew
               all
               things
               thus
               of
               himself
               ,
               what
               need
               the
               Son
               shew
               them
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               REFLECTION
               .
            
             
               Sir
               ,
               I
               hope
               by
               this
               time
               ,
               I
               have
               given
               you
               as
               ample
               satisfaction
               in
               your
               Scripture-proof
               ,
               as
               you
               can
               desire
               ,
               you
               cannot
               but
               be
               so
               ingenious
               as
               to
               grant
               ,
               that
               you
               have
               had
               all
               the
               advantages
               that
               a
               Succession
               of
               Commentators
               can
               give
               you
               ;
               whereas
               ,
               I
               ,
               you
               see
               ,
               for
               all
               that
               ,
               can
               heap
               you
               up
               the
               whole
               course
               of
               Scripture
               against
               you
               ,
               that
               have
               not
               so
               much
               as
               one
               Arrian
               Author
               to
               assist
               me
               .
            
             
               I
               have
               already
               inform'd
               you
               ,
               what
               turn'd
               me
               to
               be
               an
               Arrian
               ,
               and
               now
               I
               shall
               add
               ,
               that
               when
               I
               had
               once
               resolv'd
               
               nothing
               should
               be
               dearer
               to
               me
               than
               Truth
               ,
               and
               bethought
               me
               the
               Corruption
               even
               of
               Primitive
               Tradition
               ,
               and
               saw
               a
               necessity
               of
               sticking
               wholly
               to
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               the
               Sun
               was
               not
               clearer
               to
               me
               than
               the
               Doctrine
               which
               you
               call
               Heretical
               ,
               and
               Arrianism
               .
            
             
               And
               give
               me
               leave
               to
               tell
               you
               ,
               tho'
               you
               have
               Popularity
               ,
               and
               the
               Temporal
               Sword
               on
               your
               side
               ,
               yet
               blaspheme
               it
               more
               ,
               if
               you
               dare
               ,
               if
               there
               be
               such
               a
               thing
               as
               blasphemy
               against
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               as
               we
               have
               Christ's
               word
               there
               is
               ;
               to
               your
               peril
               be
               it
               ,
               Sir
               :
               I
               tell
               you
               ,
               't
               is
               to
               blaspheme
               the
               known
               Evidences
               of
               his
               Truth
               :
               and
               if
               these
               be
               such
               ,
               I
               dare
               venture
               my
               Truths
               with
               the
               Sword
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               against
               all
               your
               carnal
               Weapons
               .
            
             
               Remember
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               there
               is
               a
               Sin
               unto
               Death
               ,
               we
               may
               not
               so
               much
               as
               pray
               for
               ,
               1
               John
               5.
               16.
               and
               all
               our
               pretences
               and
               good
               Works
               will
               be
               of
               none
               effect
               ,
               while
               we
               blaspheme
               the
               most
               great
               and
               sincere
               Truths
               of
               God
               ;
               beware
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               of
               this
               great
               and
               fiery
               Tryal
               ;
               I
               mean
               perversly
               to
               blaspheme
               God's
               Truths
               ,
               especially
               when
               so
               considerable
               as
               this
               ,
               this
               is
               that
               that
               will
               make
               the
               Tree
               good
               ,
               and
               the
               Fruit
               good
               ,
               and
               the
               Tree
               evil
               ,
               or
               its
               Fruit
               evil
               ;
               indeed
               ,
               can
               you
               expect
               to
               be
               call'd
               or
               receiv'd
               as
               a
               Son
               ,
               when
               you
               openly
               and
               malitiously
               proclaim'd
               your self
               a
               Rebel
               to
               the
               only
               and
               great
               means
               of
               Government
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             TRADITION
             .
          
           
             HAving
             now
             done
             with
             the
             two
             first
             Heads
             of
             my
             Discourse
             ,
             the
             proof
             of
             the
             Trinity
             by
             Reason
             and
             Scripture
             ,
             I
             proceed
             to
             the
             last
             ,
             viz.
             Tradition
             ,
             wherein
             would
             Men
             but
             be
             content
             to
             believe
             as
             they
             pray
             ,
             I
             should
             be
             satisfied
             ;
             for
             that
             they
             do
             almost
             wholly
             to
             the
             Father
             ;
             and
             therein
             may
             I
             say
             ,
             they
             give
             all
             their
             pretences
             to
             Tradition
             ,
             the
             greatest
             Lye
             even
             the
             Cause
             is
             capable
             of
             bearing
             ;
             but
             alas
             ,
             the
             World
             is
             made
             too
             giddy
             by
             this
             Mystery
             ,
             to
             bear
             such
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             Reasoning
             .
          
           
             I
             know
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             you
             are
             very
             confident
             that
             she
             is
             of
             your
             side
             ,
             as
             you
             say
             ,
             page
             31.
             but
             your
             Proofs
             and
             Suggestions
             for
             it
             ,
             are
             as
             few
             and
             inconsiderable
             as
             even
             I
             can
             wish
             for
             ,
             pag.
             40.
             
             Thus
             ,
             you
             would
             fain
             wheedle
             us
             ,
             that
             Men
             were
             Arrians
             ,
             and
             not
             Arrians
             .
             And
             what
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             was
             it
             out
             of
             Charity
             that
             they
             forbore
             to
             call
             the
             Trinitarians
             Hereticks
             ?
             If
             it
             was
             ,
             't
             was
             a
             sign
             they
             were
             the
             better
             Christians
             for
             it
             ,
             not
             that
             their
             Cause
             was
             the
             worse
             .
          
           
             So
             you
             asperse
             the
             Great
             Council
             of
             Arminium
             ,
             of
             550
             Bishops
             ,
             of
             so
             seeming
             or
             wou'd-be
             an
             Imputation
             ,
             pag.
             43
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             asham'd
             to
             see
             't
             :
             What
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             do
             you
             think
             they
             would
             have
             called
             the
             greatest
             Council
             that
             ever
             was
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             design'd
             a
             tricking
             ?
             Or
             are
             you
             resolv'd
             to
             trust
             more
             to
             the
             Council
             of
             Nice
             ,
             because
             not
             so
             many
             ?
             Methinks
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             you
             should
             think
             it
             enough
             at
             least
             ,
             that
             your
             Tradition
             was
             disputable
             then
             ,
             that
             you
             had
             such
             Numbers
             against
             you
             ,
             and
             not
             repose
             in
             forging
             Rome
             for
             blemishing
             Councils
             .
          
           
             You
             tell
             us
             ,
             Mr.
             Bull
             has
             answer'd
             this
             matter
             throughly
             ▪
             page
             24.
             
             But
             I
             tell
             you
             Sir
             ,
             I
             have
             perus'd
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             has
             not
             ;
             and
             were
             it
             worth
             my
             while
             ,
             I
             would
             shew
             it
             you
             too
             :
             besides
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             would
             you
             expect
             a
             fair
             and
             strict
             Combat
             ,
             after
             so
             many
             Years
             ,
             while
             Rome
             has
             held
             the
             stakes
             ?
             What
             wont
             you
             make
             us
             no
             allowances
             in
             your
             Thoughts
             ?
             Not
             that
             we
             beg
             it
             neither
             :
             But
             is
             it
             generous
             ,
             first
             to
             fetter
             a
             Man
             ,
             and
             then
             challenge
             him
             ?
             What
             shall
             I
             say
             ?
             Is
             this
             the
             way
             to
             defend
             your
             Catholick
             Faith
             !
             That
             Faith
             which
             you
             say
             requires
             both
             Forehead
             ,
             and
             Forgery
             to
             
             deny
             it
             ,
             page
             44
             ,
             when
             you
             should
             say
             to
             maintain
             it
             ?
          
           
             
               REFLECTION
               .
            
             
               Give
               me
               leave
               to
               advise
               you
               a
               little
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               if
               you
               are
               resolv'd
               to
               follow
               Tradition
               :
               Be
               not
               partial
               in
               it
               :
               Why
               should
               you
               act
               by
               halves
               ?
               you
               would
               be
               a
               good
               Papist
               ,
               were
               you
               sincere
               ,
               and
               follow'd
               it
               throughout
               :
               Or
               if
               as
               a
               Protestant
               you
               hate
               this
               course
               ,
               why
               do
               you
               not
               pursue
               it
               more
               home
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               root
               ?
            
             
               Tradition
               was
               only
               of
               use
               till
               the
               Scriptures
               were
               deliver'd
               ;
               and
               indeed
               't
               is
               well
               if
               't
               was
               contain'd
               pure
               till
               then
               ;
               as
               we
               may
               most
               justly
               censure
               ,
               by
               St.
               
               John's
               Advice
               to
               the
               Churches
               ,
               in
               the
               Revelations
               .
               But
               to
               continue
               Tradition
               further
               ,
               what
               is
               it
               ,
               but
               like
               the
               Jews
               ,
               to
               make
               the
               Law
               of
               God
               of
               none
               effect
               ,
               by
               our
               Traditions
               .
            
             
               You
               must
               excuse
               me
               therefore
               ,
               if
               I
               think
               Tradition
               to
               be
               too
               much
               a
               Nose
               of
               Wax
               ,
               to
               be
               alledg'd
               against
               Scripture
               ;
               especially
               such
               express
               apparent
               and
               self-evident
               Texts
               ,
               as
               Heb.
               1.
               and
               John
               16
               ,
               I
               shall
               therefore
               leave
               you
               to
               jangle
               out
               your
               quoted
               Inconsistencies
               ,
               page
               107
               ,
               108
               ,
               113
               ,
               114
               ,
               119
               ,
               120
               ,
               121.
               
               And
               tell
               you
               withal
               ,
               such
               Variances
               are
               no
               Miracle
               in
               a
               Traditionary
               Mystery
               .
            
             
               In
               short
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               if
               ever
               you
               design
               for
               Truth
               ,
               you
               must
               learn
               a
               new
               bravery
               ,
               to
               be
               able
               to
               dare
               to
               be
               singular
               ,
               think
               you
               that
               Men
               that
               geld
               ,
               suppress
               ,
               and
               sorge
               Books
               ,
               are
               in
               the
               right
               ,
               or
               they
               that
               persecute
               all
               that
               oppose
               them
               ?
               Surely
               ,
               I
               hope
               ,
               you
               think
               better
               ,
               that
               these
               are
               the
               Engines
               of
               weaker
               Error
               ;
               and
               yet
               this
               is
               even
               the
               present
               Case
               ;
               and
               who
               dares
               even
               at
               this
               day
               ,
               and
               in
               sull
               Protestancy
               ,
               to
               write
               or
               speak
               freely
               ;
               He
               is
               sure
               of
               being
               suppressed
               ,
               at
               best
               .
            
          
           
             
               Damnatory
               Sentence
               .
            
             
               But
               before
               I
               leave
               this
               Subject
               ,
               there
               is
               another
               part
               of
               your
               Discourse
               that
               deserves
               to
               be
               consider'd
               ;
               and
               that
               is
               ,
               your
               Damnatory
               Sentence
               ,
               wherein
               I
               wish
               I
               could
               spare
               you
               ;
               but
               your
               love
               for
               your
               Mystery
               ,
               has
               so
               inspir'd
               you
               ,
               with
               such
               a
               furious
               and
               unchristian
               Zeal
               ,
               that
               't
               would
               be
               an
               Offence
               to
               the
               World
               ,
               should
               I
               leave
               it
               unanswer'd
               under
               so
               great
               a
               Name
               .
               Thus
               ,
            
             
               P.
               
                 22
                 ,
                 you
                 say
                 ,
                 this
              
               Faith
               is
               necessary
               to
               Salvation
               :
               and
               p.
               
                 23.
                 
                 That
              
               no
               Jew
               ,
               Turk
               or
               Pagan
               can
               be
               sav'd
               without
               it
               .
               
                 And
                 that
              
               ,
               whether
               he
               has
               us'd
               reasonable
               diligence
               ,
               or
               not
               :
               Or
               ,
               whether
               it
               has
               been
               perplext
               with
               never
               so
               great
               Controversies
               .
               
                 The
                 same
                 you
                 add
              
               ,
               page
               
                 271
                 ,
                 only
                 you
                 add
                 this
                 merciful
                 Apology
                 ,
              
               That
               Men
               may
               understand
               it
               ,
               if
               they
               will.
               
            
             
               
                 And
                 further
                 ,
                 that
                 I
                 may
                 give
                 your
                 Argument
                 the
                 greatest
                 force
                 ,
                 you
                 add
                 ,
              
               page
               
                 25.
                 
                 That
              
               to
               say
               ,
               Men
               can
               be
               sav'd
               by
               good
               Works
               alone
               ,
               without
               Faith
               ,
               is
               Popery
               :
               And
               page
               
                 26.
                 
                 That
              
               if
               Salvation
               were
               so
               common
               ,
               Christianity
               were
               but
               a
               better
               Sect
               of
               Philosophy
               ;
               and
               there
               would
               be
               too
               great
               a
               scope
               for
               Infidelity
               ,
               
                 page
                 23.
              
               
            
             
               
                 ANSWER
                 .
              
               
                 Alas
                 ,
                 Sir
                 ,
                 I
                 pity
                 you
                 ;
                 had
                 you
                 regarded
                 Natural
                 Religion
                 more
                 ,
                 and
                 your
                 Mystery
                 less
                 ,
                 you
                 would
                 not
                 have
                 abounded
                 with
                 such
                 an
                 Envy
                 and
                 Monopoly
                 of
                 Salvation
                 :
                 What
                 must
                 we
                 have
                 no
                 Faith
                 ,
                 but
                 be
                 sav'd
                 by
                 Works
                 ,
                 because
                 we
                 have
                 not
                 just
                 this
                 Mystery
                 ?
                 And
                 what
                 is
                 it
                 nothing
                 to
                 Christianity
                 ,
                 that
                 we
                 have
                 several
                 degrees
                 of
                 Glory
                 as
                 an
                 Encouragement
                 ,
                 set
                 in
                 our
                 prospect
                 and
                 search
                 above
                 the
                 Heathen
                 ?
                 Or
                 what
                 ,
                 Sir
                 ,
                 is
                 your
                 Eye
                 evil
                 ,
                 because
                 God
                 is
                 good
                 ?
                 Would
                 you
                 have
                 God
                 
                 a
                 Devil
                 ,
                 create
                 Men
                 meerly
                 for
                 Damnation
                 ?
                 Or
                 would
                 you
                 have
                 him
                 damn
                 them
                 to
                 support
                 your
                 Hypothesis
                 ?
              
               
                 See
                 how
                 your
                 Mystery
                 has
                 misled
                 you
                 ,
                 Sir
                 ,
                 that
                 Men
                 should
                 be
                 sav'd
                 ,
                 only
                 by
                 parrotting
                 over
                 a
                 few
                 unintelligible
                 words
                 :
                 I
                 might
                 have
                 expected
                 this
                 from
                 some
                 ignorant
                 Sectarist
                 ,
                 but
                 I
                 never
                 thought
                 a
                 a
                 skilful
                 Doctor
                 ,
                 should
                 make
                 God
                 so
                 hard
                 a
                 Task-master
                 ,
                 as
                 to
                 require
                 Men
                 to
                 believe
                 so
                 penally
                 ,
                 what
                 't
                 is
                 plain
                 ,
                 not
                 One
                 in
                 a
                 Million
                 understands
                 :
                 Alas
                 ,
                 Sir
                 !
                 you
                 mistake
                 the
                 Redemption
                 of
                 Christ
                 !
                 't
                 was
                 to
                 purchase
                 us
                 a
                 new
                 Covenant
                 ,
                 and
                 not
                 only
                 teach
                 us
                 a
                 new
                 Faith
                 !
              
               
                 On
                 
                 Adam's
                 Fall
                 we
                 chang'd
                 our
                 State
                 ,
                 our
                 Tryal
                 by
                 a
                 single
                 Precept
                 for
                 the
                 Law
                 of
                 Nature
                 ,
                 but
                 had
                 not
                 the
                 Seed
                 of
                 the
                 Woman
                 begun
                 even
                 then
                 to
                 have
                 broke
                 the
                 Serpent's
                 Head
                 ,
                 at
                 least
                 through
                 a
                 Covenant
                 to
                 be
                 fulfill'd
                 :
                 Can
                 you
                 blaspheme
                 God
                 ,
                 so
                 as
                 to
                 say
                 ,
                 he
                 would
                 let
                 him
                 be
                 fruitful
                 ?
                 Will
                 not
                 a
                 Prophet
                 be
                 able
                 to
                 vindicate
                 his
                 Justice
                 ,
                 that
                 has
                 declar'd
                 long
                 since
                 ,
                 every
                 Man
                 ,
                 and
                 he
                 alone
                 should
                 bear
                 his
                 own
                 iniquity
                 .
              
               
                 I
                 say
                 ,
                 then
                 Christ
                 has
                 purchased
                 us
                 a
                 new
                 Covenant
                 ,
                 and
                 since
                 he
                 is
                 come
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 some
                 reason
                 for
                 us
                 to
                 honour
                 him
                 ,
                 with
                 the
                 necessity
                 of
                 our
                 Faith
                 through
                 him
                 ,
                 to
                 lead
                 us
                 to
                 Salvation
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 obey
                 his
                 excellent
                 Precepts
                 ,
                 to
                 conduct
                 us
                 through
                 the
                 Second
                 Covenant
                 ,
                 the
                 Law
                 of
                 Nature
                 ,
                 to
                 Perfection
                 :
                 But
                 where
                 could
                 be
                 the
                 necessity
                 〈◊〉
                 this
                 〈◊〉
              
               
                 I
                 see
                 ,
                 Sir
                 ,
                 your
                 Virtues
                 have
                 no
                 Extreams
                 ,
                 you
                 have
                 Faith
                 ,
                 but
                 allow
                 no
                 Credulity
                 ;
                 if
                 you
                 did
                 ,
                 you
                 could
                 never
                 swallow
                 these
                 things
                 ;
                 you
                 confirm
                 the
                 old
                 Sentence
                 ,
                 
                   Credo
                   quia
                   impossibile
                   est
                
                 :
                 But
                 alas
                 ,
                 Sir
                 ,
                 do
                 you
                 think
                 to
                 make
                 your
                 Doctrine
                 prevail
                 by
                 these
                 means
                 ,
                 by
                 a
                 dead
                 anathematizing
                 implicite
                 Faith
                 ,
                 fitter
                 for
                 Paganism
                 than
                 Christianity
                 .
              
               
                 No
                 ,
                 your
                 uncharitableness
                 cannot
                 but
                 blemish
                 you
                 ,
                 even
                 among
                 your
                 own
                 Friends
                 ;
                 indeed
                 the
                 Predestinarian
                 does
                 not
                 exceed
                 this
                 ;
                 and
                 may
                 be
                 ,
                 Men
                 seeing
                 thus
                 ,
                 how
                 one
                 Errour
                 leads
                 you
                 into
                 another
                 so
                 black
                 ,
                 will
                 be
                 brought
                 by
                 it
                 to
                 see
                 the
                 Truth
                 they
                 consider'd
                 not
                 before
                 .
              
               
                 Besides
                 ,
                 Sir
                 ,
                 had
                 you
                 consulted
                 Scripture
                 in
                 this
                 ,
                 the
                 Apostle
                 tells
                 you
                 plainly
                 ,
                 that
                 Christ
                 died
                 for
                 the
                 Sins
                 of
                 the
                 whole
                 World
                 ,
                 1
                 John
                 2.
                 1
                 ,
                 2.
                 
                 And
                 if
                 not
                 ,
                 think
                 you
                 God's
                 Mercy
                 would
                 have
                 detain'd
                 him
                 till
                 the
                 latter
                 Ages
                 of
                 the
                 World
                 ;
                 besides
                 ,
                 Sir
                 ,
                 are
                 we
                 not
                 charg'd
                 not
                 to
                 judge
                 them
                 that
                 are
                 without
                 ,
                 and
                 are
                 we
                 not
                 told
                 ,
                 that
                 where
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 Law
                 ,
                 there
                 is
                 no
                 Sin
                 ,
                 John
                 9.
                 41.
                 
                 James
                 4.
                 17.
                 and
                 that
                 they
                 that
                 have
                 not
                 been
                 able
                 to
                 receive
                 a
                 Law
                 ,
                 or
                 Revelation
                 ,
                 are
                 to
                 be
                 tried
                 by
                 Natural
                 Religion
                 ,
                 and
                 their
                 Conscience
                 ,
                 as
                 a
                 Law
                 within
                 themselves
                 ,
                 
                   Rom.
                   cap.
                
                 1.
                 
                 &
                 2.
                 
                 Acts
                 24.
                 13.
                 
                 And
                 indeed
                 ,
                 which
                 is
                 the
                 Law
                 improv'd
                 by
                 Christ
                 himself
                 ,
                 and
                 which
                 is
                 written
                 in
                 our
                 Heart
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Apostle
                 to
                 the
                 Hebrews
                 .
              
               
                 Alas
                 ,
                 Sir
                 ,
                 had
                 you
                 judg'd
                 of
                 the
                 wilfully
                 ignorant
                 ,
                 and
                 perverse
                 ,
                 you
                 had
                 left
                 some
                 colour
                 for
                 your
                 Censure
                 to
                 be
                 true
                 ,
                 and
                 yet
                 even
                 then
                 ,
                 were
                 I
                 in
                 your
                 case
                 ,
                 I
                 should
                 be
                 very
                 unwilling
                 to
                 fling
                 the
                 first
                 Stone
                 ,
                 especially
                 since
                 Christ
                 has
                 told
                 us
                 ,
                 as
                 we
                 judge
                 ,
                 we
                 shall
                 be
                 judg'd
                 ;
                 I
                 had
                 rather
                 let
                 Men
                 be
                 guilty
                 ,
                 and
                 God
                 condemn
                 them
                 ,
                 then
                 condemn
                 my self
                 by
                 judging
                 them
                 .
              
            
          
           
             
               Faith
               Necessary
               .
            
             
               But
               methinks
               I
               hear
               you
               object
               to
               me
               ,
               What
               Faith
               is
               necessary
               then
               ,
               if
               this
               be
               not
               ?
               I
               say
               ,
               the
               Faith
               of
               
                 Enoch
                 ,
                 Abraham
              
               ,
               and
               Moses
               ,
               that
               God
               is
               a
               Rewarder
               of
               the
               just
               in
               tender
               Consciences
               ,
               is
               enough
               ,
               and
               that
               without
               
                 Idolizing
                 Works
              
               ,
               as
               you
               reflect
               ,
               page
               25.
               
               I
               add
               also
               ,
               that
               a
               particular
               Faith
               of
               Mercy
               through
               Christ
               is
               necessary
               ,
               
               where
               offer'd
               with
               Conviction
               ;
               but
               whatever
               you
               do
               or
               say
               ,
               God
               will
               never
               require
               Consent
               ,
               where
               he
               has
               not
               given
               Evidence
               enough
               ;
               and
               what
               is
               it
               to
               me
               ,
               if
               it
               can
               be
               had
               in
               a
               Cause
               ,
               if
               I
               cannot
               come
               at
               it
               .
            
             
               To
               these
               may
               be
               also
               added
               by
               consent
               the
               Apostles
               Creed
               ,
               or
               any
               other
               ,
               so
               it
               be
               not
               enforc'd
               ;
               but
               for
               your
               nice
               and
               speculative
               Creeds
               ,
               they
               are
               unnecessary
               ,
               or
               else
               you
               accuse
               Christ
               and
               his
               Apostles
               ,
               of
               a
               cowardly
               lukewarmness
               for
               omitting
               them
               ,
               for
               all
               you
               insinuate
               ,
               page
               29.
               that
               we
               would
               be
               at
               Creed-making
               too
               ,
               Sir
               ;
               but
               we
               beg
               your
               Pardon
               ,
               and
               have
               more
               Charity
               ;
               for
               if
               we
               explain
               our
               Hypothesis
               ,
               't
               is
               only
               to
               confute
               yours
               .
            
             
               
                 Consider
                 therefore
                 ,
                 Sir
                 ,
                 by
                 your
                 own
                 Reasoning
                 ,
                 't
                 is
                 Popery
                 ,
                 to
              
               judge
               of
               the
               Catholick
               Church
               by
               its
               multitude
               ,
               
                 page
                 36.
                 
                 So
                 remember
                 't
                 is
                 our
                 heat
                 magnifies
                 our
                 Zeal
                 in
                 this
                 Hypothesis
                 above
                 others
                 ;
                 for
                 any
                 other
                 explain'd
                 as
                 nicely
                 ,
                 would
                 have
                 as
                 bad
                 effects
                 ;
                 and
                 give
                 me
                 leave
                 to
                 retort
                 your
                 Argument
                 :
              
               Tho'
               I
               am
               modest
               ,
               yet
               you
               have
               given
               me
               occasion
               to
               oppose
               you
               as
               Popular
               ;
               and
               tho'
               I
               am
               cautious
               ,
               yet
               Truth
               bids
               me
               not
               fear
               ,
               whether
               your
               Mystery
               prove
               true
               ,
               but
               warn
               you
               ,
               that
               under
               Protection
               of
               a
               Mystery
               ,
               you
               do
               not
               oppugn
               Truth
               ,
               
                 v.
                 page
                 44.
              
               
            
             
               To
               conclude
               ,
               in
               Charity
               I
               shall
               give
               you
               one
               Advice
               more
               ;
               and
               that
               is
               ,
               that
               you
               do
               not
               at
               every
               turn
               ,
               like
               the
               Papists
               ,
               Cap
               Hereticks
               ,
               and
               repeat
               Catalogues
               of
               Heresies
               ,
               as
               you
               are
               apt
               to
               do
               ,
               page
               107.
               
               You
               are
               a
               Protestant
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               and
               you
               should
               rather
               lament
               ,
               that
               Church-Impositions
               so
               long
               took
               away
               an
               innocent
               liberty
               of
               Opinion
               from
               the
               World
               ,
               and
               by
               an
               immoderate
               Self-love
               of
               impos'd
               Opinions
               and
               Disciplines
               ,
               rent
               the
               Bond
               of
               Peace
               and
               Unity
               in
               sunder
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             CONCLVSION
             .
          
           
             I
             Hope
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             by
             this
             time
             you
             see
             ,
             that
             we
             Unitarians
             do
             
               understand
               what
               we
               write
               of
            
             ;
             for
             all
             what
             you
             charge
             us
             with
             ,
             p.
             4.
             
             Nay
             ,
             and
             more
             ,
             I
             'll
             add
             :
             We
             do
             it
             without
             mazing
             Metaphysicks
             to
             help
             us
             ;
             indeed
             ,
             we
             have
             not
             your
             Breath
             of
             the
             Populace
             ,
             to
             encourage
             us
             into
             large
             and
             fair
             Volumes
             ;
             but
             I
             hope
             we
             have
             Truth
             ,
             far
             better
             to
             recommend
             us
             to
             the
             sincere
             .
          
           
             I
             hope
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             too
             ,
             you
             see
             ,
             we
             do
             not
             
               arrogate
               infinite
               Knowledge
            
             ,
             as
             you
             asperse
             us
             ,
             page
             5.
             but
             vindicate
             a
             Truth
             ,
             clear
             as
             the
             day
             :
             Indeed
             ,
             't
             is
             plain
             ,
             the
             First
             Commandment
             ,
             except
             to
             exclude
             Persons
             is
             Nonsence
             ;
             and
             who
             in
             this
             Case
             must
             bear
             the
             Reflection
             ,
             you
             ,
             or
             God
             ;
             surely
             we
             must
             acquit
             God
             ;
             and
             if
             we
             do
             ,
             our
             Faith
             must
             fling
             you
             into
             all
             the
             Absurdities
             and
             Contradictions
             of
             Transubstantion
             .
             The
             Case
             is
             not
             ,
             whether
             in
             Idea
             there
             may
             not
             be
             Three
             self-conscious
             ,
             coequal
             Beings
             ,
             but
             whether
             an
             Interpreter
             of
             the
             First
             Commandment
             can
             justifie
             such
             a
             thing
             :
             and
             that
             I
             am
             sure
             he
             cannot
             ,
             for
             all
             your
             struggles
             after
             Vindications
             ,
             without
             Absurdity
             and
             Nonsence
             .
          
           
             But
             you
             'll
             say
             ,
             here
             is
             some
             colour
             for
             the
             Trinity
             :
             And
             what
             ,
             is
             there
             not
             then
             as
             much
             sor
             Transubstantiation
             ?
             This
             is
             plain
             ,
             our
             Bodies
             are
             not
             Two
             Years
             together
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             tho'
             differing
             thus
             Twenty
             times
             in
             our
             Lives
             ,
             we
             call
             it
             still
             the
             same
             Body
             :
             May
             not
             we
             on
             this
             ,
             as
             justly
             salve
             Transubstantiation
             ,
             that
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             is
             able
             to
             dwell
             in
             infinite
             Bodies
             at
             once
             ;
             and
             will
             not
             this
             make
             as
             properly
             the
             same
             Body
             ,
             as
             my
             Body
             at
             Twenty
             ,
             is
             my
             Body
             at
             Thirty
             ;
             but
             you
             answer
             ,
             you
             have
             Scripture
             of
             your
             side
             ;
             and
             pray
             shew
             me
             half
             so
             strong
             a
             Chapter
             for
             the
             Trinity
             ,
             as
             John
             the
             6th
             is
             for
             Transubstantiation
             .
          
           
           
             Alas
             ,
             Sir
             ,
             you
             see
             your
             Fallacies
             do
             but
             divert
             your
             Causes
             being
             expos'd
             for
             a
             time
             ,
             till
             a
             nice
             Refutation
             makes
             it
             look
             the
             blacker
             for
             its
             Sophistry
             :
             And
             now
             you
             may
             see
             who
             't
             is
             ,
             that
             brings
             down
             the
             plain
             Scriptures
             ,
             to
             be
             wrested
             by
             the
             absurd
             Reason
             of
             a
             Mystery
             ,
             page
             141.
             
             And
             now
             Men
             and
             Angels
             may
             see
             ,
             who
             are
             those
             
               absurd
               and
               senceless
               Insidels
               ,
               that
               reject
               what
               they
               have
               evidence
               for
               ,
            
             v.
             page
             6.
             
             In
             short
             ,
             I
             dare
             appeal
             to
             all
             the
             World
             ,
             tho'
             against
             me
             ,
             whether
             suppression
             of
             Books
             be
             not
             your
             best
             Argument
             .
          
           
             You
             tell
             us
             ,
             page
             148
             ,
             That
             
               our
               Business
               is
               ,
               to
               prove
               Three
               Persons
               Three
               Gods
               :
            
             And
             we
             do
             it
             by
             this
             ,
             That
             if
             God
             be
             more
             than
             One
             Person
             ,
             when
             not
             particularly
             reveal'd
             ,
             and
             contrary
             to
             his
             first
             Commandment
             ,
             his
             Commandment
             is
             of
             no
             effect
             :
             But
             shall
             we
             grant
             that
             ?
             No
             ,
             we
             'll
             turn
             the
             havock
             of
             the
             first
             Commandment
             justly
             ,
             in
             Contradictions
             upon
             you
             ;
             we
             need
             not
             ask
             with
             
               Nicodemus
               ,
               How
               can
               these
               things
               be
               ?
            
             page
             150.
             but
             we
             'll
             tell
             you
             ,
             with
             the
             same
             reason
             ,
             we
             may
             make
             three
             thousand
             Gods
             ,
             that
             you
             believe
             a
             Lye
             ,
             Thess
             .
             2.
             11.
             
             And
             you
             had
             as
             good
             make
             all
             Mankind
             One
             Man
             ,
             and
             destroy
             all
             Plurality
             and
             Numbers
             ,
             &c.
             
             But
             for
             Peace-sake
             ,
             I
             shall
             forbear
             further
             Reflections
             ,
             page
             109.
             
          
           
             Hence
             ,
             should
             you
             invent
             a
             thousand
             Metaphysick
             strains
             more
             ,
             this
             one
             plain
             Truth
             would
             ruine
             them
             all
             ;
             indeed
             ,
             did
             not
             Mystery
             ,
             the
             Authority
             of
             the
             Whore
             ,
             Rev.
             17.
             and
             the
             great
             support
             of
             Popery
             ,
             bear
             up
             your
             Hypothesis
             ,
             her
             Epitaph
             might
             have
             been
             wrote
             ,
             I
             doubt
             not
             ,
             many
             hundred
             Years
             ago
             .
          
           
             Mystery
             do
             I
             say
             ,
             Mystery
             and
             Persecution
             are
             the
             Devil's
             Twins
             ,
             and
             stand
             and
             fall
             both
             together
             ;
             Persecution
             without
             Mystery
             were
             too
             cruel
             ,
             and
             Mystery
             without
             Blood
             too
             much
             Nonsence
             to
             be
             born
             ;
             't
             is
             these
             two
             are
             Popery
             ,
             and
             the
             worst
             of
             Popery
             ,
             Transubstantiation
             without
             these
             were
             an
             innocent
             Error
             :
             And
             what
             ,
             are
             not
             Protestants
             asham'd
             to
             weild
             the
             Sword
             of
             Antichrist
             ?
             Yes
             surely
             ;
             But
             if
             they
             are
             ,
             why
             do
             they
             stille
             us
             ,
             and
             our
             Books
             ,
             is
             it
             not
             that
             they
             fear
             our
             Truths
             ?
          
           
             Are
             you
             not
             asham'd
             to
             rail
             at
             us
             for
             Blasphemers
             and
             Hereticks
             as
             you
             do
             ,
             if
             I
             am
             not
             mistaken
             ,
             we
             mean
             as
             sincerely
             ,
             and
             Interpret
             the
             Scripture
             as
             well
             as
             you
             ,
             for
             all
             your
             boasts
             ,
             pag.
             141.
             and
             you
             shall
             sind
             ,
             God
             in
             the
             Great
             Day
             will
             shew
             which
             is
             the
             Heretick
             :
             What
             ,
             have
             we
             not
             as
             much
             reason
             to
             complain
             of
             the
             blemishes
             of
             the
             first
             and
             great
             Commandment
             ,
             as
             you
             have
             ;
             and
             cannot
             the
             Controversie
             of
             Elisha
             and
             Baal
             ,
             remember
             you
             ,
             that
             't
             is
             not
             Numbers
             ,
             but
             Minds
             that
             God
             seeks
             .
          
           
             But
             you
             say
             ,
             This
             is
             a
             Mystery
             :
             And
             pray
             who
             has
             authoris'd
             it
             for
             one
             ?
             You
             be-ly
             God
             in
             his
             Scriptures
             ,
             if
             you
             say
             that
             he
             has
             ;
             no
             ,
             't
             is
             Man's
             own
             invention
             ,
             and
             that
             't
             is
             that
             makes
             him
             idolize
             the
             uncharitable
             Imposition
             so
             much
             :
             What
             ,
             shall
             God
             bid
             us
             publish
             what
             none
             understand
             ?
             Pray
             who
             can
             agree
             in
             this
             Mystery
             ?
             Or
             were
             the
             Copy
             of
             it
             lost
             ,
             who
             would
             be
             able
             exactly
             to
             hammer
             it
             out
             ?
             Is
             this
             clear
             like
             a
             heavenly
             Truth
             ?
          
           
             Are
             we
             not
             asham'd
             to
             cast
             this
             stumbling-block
             in
             Christianity
             ,
             that
             has
             so
             justly
             offended
             all
             Jews
             ,
             Turks
             ,
             and
             Pagans
             it
             ever
             came
             neer
             ;
             indeed
             ,
             does
             not
             Mahomet
             support
             his
             division
             by
             this
             very
             thing
             ,
             and
             does
             he
             not
             complain
             above
             an
             hundred
             times
             against
             the
             abuse
             of
             the
             Unity
             in
             his
             Alchoran
             ?
          
           
             What
             shall
             I
             say
             ,
             if
             we
             repent
             not
             this
             Error
             ,
             shall
             we
             not
             justly
             stand
             branded
             to
             all
             Posterity
             ,
             a
             Race
             of
             pretended
             Protestants
             ,
             but
             really
             a
             Philosophick
             Sect
             of
             Christian
             Atheists
             :
             Besides
             ,
             what
             but
             the
             corruption
             of
             this
             Unity
             in
             the
             Godhead
             ,
             can
             have
             so
             long
             prosper'd
             the
             Mahometan
             above
             the
             Christian
             ,
             and
             the
             Papists
             above
             the
             Protestants
             .
          
           
           
             I
             shall
             add
             no
             more
             at
             present
             ,
             but
             that
             were
             this
             Mystery
             the
             greatest
             Truth
             ,
             yet
             considering
             Mens
             weakness
             ,
             't
             were
             both
             hateful
             and
             seditious
             ,
             to
             impose
             it
             on
             one
             another
             ,
             in
             pain
             of
             Salvation
             ,
             to
             subscribe
             it
             only
             as
             an
             Article
             of
             Peace
             ,
             in
             some
             cases
             might
             be
             tolerable
             ,
             but
             to
             force
             their
             Consciences
             to
             they
             know
             not
             what
             themselves
             ,
             is
             in
             plain
             terms
             Antichristian
             ,
             Uncharitable
             ,
             and
             Devilish
             .
          
           
             And
             alass
             !
             now
             we
             see
             wherein
             our
             Reformation
             is
             imperfect
             ,
             that
             it
             has
             not
             preserv'd
             our
             eternal
             liberty
             of
             Opinion
             ,
             in
             things
             not
             expresly
             reveal'd
             ,
             this
             is
             the
             Root
             of
             all
             Controversie
             ,
             and
             this
             must
             be
             cur'd
             ,
             if
             ever
             we
             hope
             for
             Peace
             ;
             indeed
             ,
             in
             a
             free
             Remonstrancy
             ,
             where
             all
             Impositions
             are
             cut
             off
             ,
             Heresies
             of
             course
             pine
             and
             die
             with
             their
             Authors
             ,
             for
             want
             of
             room
             to
             be
             regarded
             .
          
           
             
               EXHORTATION
               .
            
             
               And
               now
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               I
               shall
               more
               particularly
               address
               my
               stile
               to
               yourself
               :
               And
               in
               the
               first
               place
               I
               beg
               you
               to
               pardon
               all
               my
               Reprehensions
               ,
               and
               if
               they
               are
               any
               where
               bitterer
               than
               they
               ought
               ,
               reckon
               it
               my
               frailty
               ,
               not
               my
               injustice
               ,
               and
               at
               least
               you
               ought
               to
               thank
               me
               for
               my
               good
               intention
               ;
               but
               if
               you
               approve
               what
               I
               have
               wrote
               ,
               return
               God
               the
               Glory
               for
               your
               information
               ,
               and
               I
               am
               satisfied
               .
            
             
               I
               assure
               you
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               in
               myself
               I
               am
               griev'd
               to
               write
               against
               a
               good
               Man
               ;
               nor
               would
               I
               ,
               but
               that
               my
               love
               to
               God
               and
               Truth
               commands
               me
               ,
               nor
               do
               I
               write
               this
               ,
               that
               I
               think
               you
               want
               either
               Piety
               or
               Ability
               ,
               indeed
               you
               shine
               for
               both
               in
               your
               Church
               ;
               but
               I
               would
               advise
               you
               ,
               that
               you
               have
               mistook
               the
               Truth
               ;
               nor
               wonder
               at
               it
               ,
               for
               the
               greatest
               Fathers
               in
               the
               Church
               have
               done
               it
               before
               you
               .
            
             
               You
               have
               ventur'd
               to
               be
               singular
               once
               in
               Conscience
               already
               ,
               and
               your
               Treatise
               of
               Death
               shews
               you
               sincere
               ;
               dare
               once
               a
               deeper
               Resignation
               ,
               and
               a
               more
               singular
               Truth
               ,
               if
               you
               fall
               not
               back
               ,
               you
               know
               not
               what
               Service
               God
               may
               have
               for
               you
               to
               do
               .
               Remember
               ,
               Sir
               ,
               't
               is
               Constancy
               to
               follow
               Truth
               in
               all
               changes
               of
               Notions
               ,
               and
               but
               obstinacy
               to
               remain
               stiff
               after
               conviction
               .
            
             
               Besides
               ,
               't
               will
               be
               as
               much
               your
               Glory
               as
               St.
               
               Austin's
               ,
               that
               you
               recant
               ;
               and
               if
               you
               are
               a
               Christian
               indeed
               ,
               you
               cannot
               hate
               your
               Friend
               ,
               or
               Glass
               for
               shewing
               you
               your
               wrinkles
               ,
               nor
               will
               your
               singularity
               be
               worse
               ,
               if
               you
               see
               them
               ;
               unless
               in
               Piety
               ,
               that
               others
               are
               as
               bad
               ,
               or
               worse
               than
               your self
               ,
               and
               dare
               not
               see
               it
               .
            
             
               What
               tho'
               I
               am
               singular
               and
               contemptible
               ,
               my
               Truths
               if
               sincere
               are
               Divine
               ,
               and
               St.
               Paul
               as
               well
               as
               you
               ,
               had
               both
               Zeal
               and
               Popularity
               ,
               and
               yet
               was
               in
               an
               Error
               ;
               if
               you
               are
               in
               an
               Error
               ,
               pray
               God
               open
               your
               eyes
               ;
               and
               if
               I
               am
               ,
               I
               beg
               him
               to
               grant
               me
               to
               be
               rectified
               by
               your
               Instruction
               ;
               't
               will
               be
               hard
               if
               a
               Miracle
               be
               necessary
               to
               instruct
               and
               reconcile
               us
               .
            
             
               I
               cannot
               perswade
               myself
               ,
               that
               you
               will
               continue
               to
               pervert
               this
               grand
               Truth
               ,
               and
               by
               Reflections
               and
               Niceties
               endeavour
               further
               to
               obscure
               and
               cloud
               it
               ;
               what
               you
               have
               hitherto
               done
               ,
               I
               hope
               ,
               nay
               believe
               you
               have
               done
               ignorantly
               ,
               and
               because
               the
               Socinian
               Hypothesis
               was
               not
               sincere
               enough
               ,
               you
               oppos'd
               it
               ,
               but
               for
               the
               Arrian
               ,
               I
               almost
               dare
               promise
               myself
               more
               Charity
               from
               you
               ,
               if
               not
               Conviction
               .
            
             
               At
               first
               I
               declin'd
               this
               Book
               ,
               as
               not
               thinking
               it
               proper
               to
               be
               wrote
               by
               an
               Arrian
               ,
               and
               as
               fearing
               least
               my
               own
               Resentments
               might
               soyl
               the
               Honour
               of
               God
               ;
               and
               I
               had
               done
               it
               still
               ,
               had
               not
               I
               had
               more
               than
               humane
               motives
               to
               the
               contrary
               ;
               but
               whatever
               they
               were
               ,
               they
               were
               to
               my self
               ;
               and
               my
               Reader
               's
               business
               is
               to
               mind
               my
               Truths
               ,
               and
               not
               my
               Pretences
               .
            
             
               To
               conclude
               ,
               if
               Men
               are
               sincere
               ,
               I
               think
               I
               have
               wrote
               enough
               to
               convince
               them
               ,
               and
               if
               perverse
               to
               condemn
               them
               ;
               and
               Charity
               engages
               me
               no
               further
               :
               But
               alas
               !
               what
               avails
               it
               ,
               if
               God
               will
               not
               vindicate
               his
               own
               Honour
               ,
               the
               Attempts
               of
               his
               Servants
               are
               otherwise
               in
               vain
               ;
               and
               yet
               at
               least
               I
               shall
               be
               content
               ,
               tho'
               at
               any
               hazard
               ,
               when
               I
               have
               done
               my
               Duty
               .
            
             
               
                 All
                 Glory
                 to
                 whom
                 only
                 due
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 One
                 and
                 Only
                 God
                 ,
                 through
                 his
                 great
                 and
                 beloved
                 Son
                 Christ
                 Jesus
                 .
              
            
             
               ☞
               
                 Whoever
                 Answers
                 this
                 ,
                 is
                 desir'd
                 ,
                 to
                 make
                 his
                 Answer
                 short
                 ,
                 that
                 he
                 run
                 not
                 the
                 World
                 into
                 Labyrinths
                 ;
                 and
                 that
                 he
                 repeat
                 the
                 whole
                 Body
                 of
                 the
                 Discourse
              
               Verbatim
               ,
               
                 that
                 he
                 may
                 not
                 juggle
                 the
                 World
                 out
                 of
                 Substance
                 ,
                 by
                 snarling
                 at
                 Trifles
                 :
                 These
                 two
                 Conditions
                 answer'd
                 ,
                 I
                 shall
                 think
                 I
                 have
                 a
                 Reply
                 worth
                 Reading
                 ;
                 if
                 not
                 ,
                 I
                 accuse
                 it
                 before-hand
                 to
                 the
                 World
                 for
                 a
                 Cheat
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 Deceit
                 not
                 worth
                 taking
                 Notice
                 of
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
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