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count of the ye ge. th Letters, with 
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join to Mr. Wyfkey- and his Aﬀfoerates'; 
and, upon the firlt inſtirution o 533 
jen ore But ſoon, thro? the force 
tʒ found it neceſſiry to 
Being of @ very ſerious and 
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tages of Education, made no ſmall 
in Literature; eſpeciallj 
which reſpects Divinity. The 
Letters hath long been With him; 
i eee 1g many Men 
either of a more ſober and exemplary 


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ment. As the Doctrine of hath ever 

been a main Pillar of the methodiſtical Building. 

no wonder Mr. Teen 
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in that Branch 


Life, or 
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notations · pon the Ne Teſtament, he rote an 
rnbmnmur Letter to him, reſpecting the Doarine 


of original Sin,“ which Mr. Vic received ſo 
well, that he ſent him the following Anfwer. 


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weld: ., \ | June 28, 1765. 
OM 1E Days go I ceived your Fayour of 
Gov the Twenty-ſecond Inſtant, which came ex- 
ceeding, ſraſonably z for I was juſt reviſing my 
Notes ng the Fifth Chapter to the Romans : 
of which I found, upon cloſer Inſpection, ſeem- 
ed to aſſert ſuch an Imputation of Adam s Sin to 
his Poſterity, as might make way for the horrĩ- 
ts Decree.,;. 1 therefore truck it. out -immedi- 
ately; as I would willingly do, whatſbever-ſhould | 
appear to he any way inconſiſtent with that grand 
. The Lord is Toving to . 
105 4e his Mercy i is-over all his Works.” 
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| 11 you. have N any Thing in any of the 
Tracts I have publiſhed, Which you thin is not 
agreeable to Scripture or Ræaſon, you will oblige. 
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I ſerk two Th "this Wort g. Tuch and 
Love: Whoever aſſiſts me in this Search, is a 
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Editor expreſſing à Deſire to read it, he was kind 
enough to communicate the Letters to bim: 
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them to ſeveral Friends, as well Clergymen as 
others; who, expreſſing equal Satisfaction, ſeem- 
ed to in Opinion, that they mighe be of 
Service if made public; as tending abundaathy 

to ſhew, from Mr: Wiſkey's own Canteſſions, the 

true Nature of this pernicious Doctrine; and of 
Conſequence to ſettle many Minds, wh are. il 
was as TR to it. 


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Auguſt 22, 1739. 


| I Am afraid you would hardly fave ourſelf 

harmleſs, by the Publication of thoſe Let- 
ters : However, if you are inclined to run the 
Hazard, I do not object. Only it would be 
_ meedful' for you to advertiſe thee Readers, that 
what I wrote was wrote in Haſte, juſt as I could 
ſnatch a little Time now and then, to anſwer the 


| Thoug Letter of a private Friend, without any 
hought of 1 its going farther. I am, | 


x WESLEY. 


| Such is the Hiſtory we have. to Se et dd. 

Correſpondence: Upon which we-ſhall not Pres. 
ſame to foreſtal the Reader's Judgment, by any 

Remarks z but leave him to make ſuch Qbſer- 

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to oe either of theſe Opinions, to ed 


ar to be ſo very warmly attached. I 
wiſh Lcd bern Perſon of Parts; arid Learning would, 


in a candid manner, enter into a Diſcuſſion of | 
heſe Particulars * however, you have been * 
all I am tynwilling 


eaſed ih deſi my Remark 
to refuſe 3 with Aer Requeſt. 


1t is a Conſideration of x _ Weight with me, 


tarh ever been the 


© tive Church. For (to uſe the Words of the learn- 


1e malte any Reply ond, 


ed Biſhop Bull) am, and 1 ſhall = 


< afraid. i of inter retin Scripture, contrary 
e Stein ob Antiquity,” -unlefs upon he 
* moſt apr Arguments againſt it; a Caſe 


&. which. J. believe will never happen. The 


2 conſentient 323 of, primitive Antiqui- 
« ty, will ſurely ou a Multitude of _ 
4 babilities and- pla abe Reaſons.“ But 


"haps" W. that you have ve 
. Scripture” ich prove: * You h 


4 theſe Caſes now before us. To Sick I re- 
Ply, chat thoſe Scriptures which you 


at Purpoſe, appear to me, when rightly under. 
vd; "to Lach no ; 


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* fance, being eſſential to Ii hing Faith ;” and 35 
gcofidly, concerning e, Perfection. But 


that; I cannat learn that eicher of theſe; Opinions | 
Doctrine of the Primi- 


bring for” 


ſuch thing; nay, T thigh. I 
6 — produce very clear Seriptures which 
quite the contrary. But the Time will hot po => 
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I do got Uiſpute, Sire "whether an "1 
thar a Perſoti's paſt Sins are 1 8 be mM) .\ 
able i in this Life; that is no Part of our Diffe 
nce.. , Bal the Propolition which 1 argue gan 
1s this, © that no Perſon 18 a rue Bel 
„ Chriſt, but he who either certainly 
„ has known by the immediate Revilation e 711 
Hoh Gboft, that his Sins are forgiven.” bb- 
ſerv 3 that I cannot ley chat S 
ever the 1 fine of the Chriſtia 
Church in any Age; 150 only ſo, but T find in 
contrary to the experience of many Perſons,: 
Whoſe Intereſt in Chriſt" there cannot be an reas. 
ſonable Doubt. 


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It is certain chat, in be Native of the Thing, 

Aur ance is neither we the Eſſence of Faith; nei 
ther is it eſſentially connected with it. 1 muſt 

| believe anttcedently to the Act of Juſtißestiog, 
und that Act muſt paſs before God can reveal 

mme that he has 3 and it 

Ty a 1 ſuppoſe, be affirmed of 

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wult ' neceſſarily” oblige bim ro. avorbet K;: 
Which is abſurd ; And therefore if God Is < bee 5 


to act in the latter Caſe ar all, it mult Pe 44 
virtue of forme Promiſe made to at ind To . | 
do. But that de Bas made any furk Propail wt 


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to enter into a particular Diſquilition of thoſe 


ſerve, that after having very carefully conſidered 
them all, the moſt that I think can _pollibly be 
erred from them i is, that the Witneſs of God's 


Spirit is, in a 1 ehen 
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; There i is one HOP on his , that I ink 
hath not been ſo carefully a * it ought; 
namely, the Diſtinction between full Aſſurance, 
(which muſt certainly, in the very Nature of be 

Wing, exclude all Doubt and Fear). and that Vu. | 
neſs of the Spirit which _ Perſons have, who | 
cannot with any Degree of Certainty diſcover | 
whether it is his Wiegel or not z that they feel _ 

| ſomething of that Kind they are ready enough ib 
confeſs, bur are apt to ſuſpe& that it is not what | | 
it really i is, and what others can * 1 to be 


bo the Fruit which they bring forth. 


Iris indeed afferted i in the . to your Se —Y 
cond Journal, © that a Perſon may 2 
© ver, who is not freed from Doubt car. 
Which is the very thing that I nds far. But | 
how to reconcile this with your other Doctrine, 
4 that a Man cannot be juſtified without ung 
e * 108 e he is fo,” I confeſs I am quite at a 
rs to me to be a plain Contradic- 
28 ws it. That a Perſon may be a Believer 
_ whoſe Aſſurance is withdrawn, I think you Jike- 
wiſe allow. And why a Perſon may not be a 
Believer, without an Aſſurance, who has never had . 
it, 


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v« God, that my Sins are-forgiven 


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in this Definition of Faith cannnt, without gmeat 


ſpeak | 
proximate Cauſe: of 'Juſtifi- 
cation, but of that which follous after it / Te 
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Suppoſition that ſhe intended t or Wo that 
Laub which is the procuring Cauſe of Jultifica 
is making; her to aſſert this evident Oontradi 
2 it is neceſſary for me to believe in ordet 

be juſtified, * 9 ven am e 1 
man 13A Avant” tn, d 

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15 1 4 eg to ma 60 hear it ſo cohfi- 
dantly aſſerted, that if Men have not a chu fe 

Jurance that their Sins are forgiven; their Faith 

\ goth not differ from that of the Devils: Strange 
tine this“ Is there no Difference. between 

my believing, that Chriſ has actually ſatisſied 
divine Juſlice for my Sins, and that Gad ig 

| &, willing to be reconciled. to me on that Ac 
0 count, and the Faith ef a Devil ? which is, 
that neither Chriſt, nar. am one elſe, has made an 
for bit; but that he muſt aſſuredly periſn ſor 
ever. Hath not g expreſsly protniſed,” that he 
will juſtify every Man who ſincerely repents and 
 bteheves tbus? But hath he given any Promiſe to 
juſtify Devils, on that or any other Account ? It 
is matter of Wonder to me, to find Perſons ſo 
2 thoughtleſs: It is likewiſe not a little ſur- 

ing, to hear, that thoſe who are ſuppoſed to 
2 — are exhorted to receive the Sacra 
ment of the Lord's Supper. What would the 
ſtles ? What would the —— 
Vhat would the Compilers of our Liturgy; 
| | thought of ſuch Directions as: theſ#? — — 
] Sacrament the actual Communication of Cbriſ, 
with all his Benefits, to every worthy Receiver? 
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all his Heart? Iris 
—— muſt here be quite dumb. cannot 


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and Ki ni . And cn 
any one y qualified to receive Chill. 
without Paith? Suppoſe I were to 
oy one. of cheſe ſu Unbelie vers, who 
"Hey you of 2 | 
Fe with, . 
would, I ſup- 
ſe, ENT 1 ee bs he was. not ſenfible | 
15 reof),. . Lal: him farcher, Is there any 
Such between. receiving monly and | 
at is, receiving Chili, and eating and 
rinking Cor Tate; If he underſtagd, any 
thing, gy reply, No. 1 How 
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if Jou ſup 
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you-neyer 1 would not | 
tize the Euntieh till he” profefſed to believe with 
very evident that my Reſ- 


p adopting, vn this Occaſion, the 
of that excellent Perſon n the Tate truly 
and y lamented, Dy . Dodgridge \ namely, 
4 — Nature of Fiith'wis'\never 2. 

* reſented, chan it is'at4t is pteſent. 
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241 ſhall vosclucde This tile) with ferv 
that — vhd actually — 
Chrift has died for bi- Sins; anch goes to 
Sacramant with a reaſonable Expectation of re- 


ceiving the-Benefits. of his Death ; if föcht u oe, 
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ture as our firſt Parents ** x Pole of | 

the Fall: And I can tro ; "The | 

f the Searcher of all . lat 1 & 

Hesrtily wiſh tliat this were true: thin <a 
ooulck de willing ro ſuffer any thing; In ter 
Attain to fuch 2 State: To have 2 0 

| Tnoraice diſpelled from my Mind 

F my Power Always, un Inter 
"Six" my Aﬀetiohs on my Got! wWhic 
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either. from-Scripmere or dhe Carbo. 
8 to expect n State [as 1 
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ed by you,, on; this, Occaſion, (Which ea. 
not now particularly examine, as I obſerved be- 
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. which ia cantrarꝶ to other 
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TheDodtrine of berebmneh eee | 
| ore y miſtaken concerning this Article ; which 
_ more wonder at, as her Sentiments are 

way to be known” im this Particular” To idia- 
Sine her as reachitig a Doctrine which "ſhe re- 
quires Subſcription againſt (ſee Articles the 4 


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Were it not ee 2 at a Time "he ie | 
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1 can ha r, Sir, that u have 1 . 
Ach CET to the Lage which ne- 
_ *lfirily follow from this Doctfine: As ſuppo 
_ Mlnee, that two Perſons nb/0lutel free fro 
ö th Corruption "of buman Natire, ſhould "marry 
„und have Children; it is very evident that they 
| _ convey no Corruption of Nature to their 
g ing, nor they to theirs; even to the rc 
Wok Generations: And therefore this gero 
W of Mankind would ſtand im no need of a 
Sabiouy; that is, in no need of "Chriſt's R. e- 
aer to juſtify them: In no ned of * 
enable chef to do their Duty, they 
hay ſed" of chat Rectitade of Natute h oe 
able 1 them cd act entirely for themſelves. How 


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Scripture, I, leave Fol  j 
conclude this Subject. But 
Leave, I muſt crave your 
many Inaccuracies which you wil 
thi fortner ;_octaſiohed; in 
fure, by the Haſte with which they 
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T ald ben Ntafure to me, tb write more 
largely than my Time will now pont Of 
k al the Diſputants I have known, you are the 
moſt likely to convince me of any Miſtakes I 
may be in; becauſe you; hae found out the 
=o Secret, of ſpeaking the Truth in Love. 
When it is thus propoſed, it muſt ſurely win its 


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nutes of ſome of our late Conferences. Several 
Conceſſions are made therein, both with R | 
to Aſſurance and to Chriſtian Perfection: 1 | 
Dog" cleared, and a few Arguments 
off very nakedly and briefly. bh 
you have read theſe, you may come directly to 
any Point of Controverſy which may ſtill remain. 
And if you can ſhew me, that any farther Con- 
ceſons are needful, I ſhall make them with 


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Wh Mk rt chew, 22 2 
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wer nee And L really eg: 

both we the Harmonia Confeſſionum, and w 

ever gife I have read, that all 
ene Churghes.in Jorge, did, once believe, 
« of his being in Favour with 


*« Every true Chriſtian nk en Oe 
Goo.” 
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rience is touched 
As to the Nature of the thing, I think a 11. 
vine Conviftion of Pardons directly implied ian 
the Evidence or Conviftion of Things 4 eng 
- not, it is no Abſurdity to ſuppoſe that when 
Nee es - broken \airted Sinner, 
his 0 obliges him to another At; 8 
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1 hoes that 1 am j\ and yet that 
Knowledge is ſometimes ſhaken, tho? not de- 
ſtroyed, by Doubt or Fear. If th 725 | 
were deſtroyed, or . Bon withdr r 


| Fel ſay, I had Chriſtian Faith. 3 2 
I the! TIDES to ſay, * Win] 1 


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has ac accepted. me,” or « ] have s fare Tre 
1 that Gop b s accepted me.” * 
= 1e you, "ue full ; Faith cannot 
be, a Conviction that I am juſtified : And that 
+ _ a Man, who is not aſſured that his Sins Are for- 
given, may yet have a Kind or of Faith, 
vkich diſtinguiſhes him not only from à Devil, 
but from an Heathen; and on which I ma 
a mit him to the Lord's r. But tilt; 
„ lieve, the proper Chriſtian aith which * 


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|; 1 | «rhe Heart, | implies ſuch a Conviction,” 4 


1 As ro Chriſtian Perfodtion, I believe Two who 
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Rev. Sir i, F 1 Id "44 Aug. 15. 8 
Re:eived yours of the Twenty-fiſth ult, 2 


Saturday laſt it; and aim moch 'obl w you. 
ee ed oe a: 


«wherein we differ, you 4 
al mute of ſome of your late Conlefences wheres 


4 jn ſeveral Conceſſions are made, both with 
„ Regard to Aſſuranee and to Chriſtian Perfee- 
* tion; ſome Dilficulties cleared, and a few Ar- 
„SO.“ But 1 | 
iption, that the Pamphlet 
have ary r 
Jef by for me ; but another, ſent by Miſtake, 
in the Stead thereof :- For, havin ing yery = 
examined it from End to End, N 
cannot find one Syllable, therein, rel 
of the Partieulars above - mentioned. hs — 
of it is, . 
« tween the Reverend Jos and V W's, 
« and others.” It conſiſts of Five Cone 
reneesʒ the "fe en 
1744 and the laſt, * wall 
3 


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g. 


cy give 7 K as a oj pinion, 0 ar 8 - 
c whole © Chriſban Church, in the firſt Centu- 


5c ries, enjoyed he, Aſſurance of Faith,”* But 
Wer n 


MI 65 e for nis Arden, fo 1 or Lam 1 . 


nt 15 true without the leaſt Tirtle of 
| agantt : £73 Arong, deren 
{ | bs Pi 7 ET. L. Aer vidence] to che con- 
3 . 1. 8 r 


- You complain of the ſew remaining Pina 
Poctrine explicitly taught by the ble 
Church; For, Sir, can Ne really 
the whole Chriſtian Church, both 
BF; eres bad they believed as you 
e Pegſan is true Believer in, 
| | ) 6 % knows that his Sins are forgiven,” 
| been entirely. ſilent, in r 
It { De 4 


1 char is they 
_ - gentiments,th 


3 ey-muſt have chemſelves on 
1 this Head A as yOu have done. To 


| 3 
F . 7 Ne, iy few * — ma 
D warmly e deren . er 
others, og Eos, Si Ur Ty 


We ever held, Som ae eee 
cpoferx d Remiſſion of Sing : And had 1 


9 * 


| r Opinion, that Remiſſion;—and. the 
. on ledge chereof (by. internal Ie 
1 N er Ws Cy 


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ber Fe 1 
as ts Conti dead ber bi icled? J 


0 aly to peat to ſame o 
7 been baptized 


fy N Die 398 Biel 275 now li 
« Remillion of WA Ma 3 
« tized?” And * WI 
der hed-been- a 
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4 nattus, Polycarp 


either the Wits himſelf, or. all whom he 


«5, mentions as real Chriſti the Aſſu- 
% .d of Faith.” To far W Gen 


eager e Fe gh, L 75 he no ſims 
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Fon a b E fl N 
1 4 firs n js Epi ch erſons in the - 


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J and that 
La (I agd e 
N 18 God's Favour; 1 


e tkeyſe. B bat Every 4 
ever 11. N * ec — 4 5 I 
that his Sins were PET ns 
erty | 3 


a e 
2 


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* them.” * 


| ferted any thing of that Kind unſup 


LT 12 150 M 


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matior either that the Writer himſelf, or any of 


thoſe to whom be writes, was pobeſſed of an. 
Affurance of Fatth, — 


is, indeed, a Paſſage i in the Relation of the Mar; 


tyrdom of St. Ignatius, that ſeems at firſt. View to 
intimate ſuch a Thin 


of himſelf; but I am far 
from thinking it a clear Proof of the Fatt : The 
when he affirms that he carried Chrift with 


t. him,” inſtead of aſſerting that he ſelt his Pre- 


- fence at that Time, he only refers to that gener. 


ral Promiſe, 5 1 will dwell in them and W 


j 


As to the Num Churches, if 1 95 of, 


in 


Antiquity, their Authority is of no Value at all; 
For (as our excellent Biſho Pearſon obſerves); 


% whatſoever is new in Chriſtianity, is c ' 
| 5 falſe.” Bot T apprehend that this is far from 


"being the Caſe (at leaſt I am ſure that oof Pn 


Church ſtands clear of the Charge). 


Eg 2 eee e 
ita few Years 999. 
S ht Opened 


Ses Archbiſhop ws Apa Lene, AID 


{pink « 1293. 14-524 e 


or any thing like it: There 1 


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** of Things not ſen.” 2 i e 
Tecbieg leer; Firſ, That W 


ion of Pardon is not direfly, nor at all, im- 


q ied in that Faith which is the 


ing Cauſe 


of Juſtification (of which I was —— 12 


very evident from this Conſideration, that the 
ing unſeen of which I have Evidence, is not 
— my Sins are forgiven (that would ſy 
them to be forgiven before I believe): But of 
this other Matter of Fact, that God is ready to 
ive them; and you yourſelf acknowledge, a 
lower, hy juſtifyin Faih canvr be 
Convidtion chat I am juſtif 


—— — 


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—_— 
yet 


Secondh, W « s'divine 
Conviction of Pardon is directiy implied in 
' 4 the Belief that a Perſon's Sins were forgiven ; 


yet that would never prove the Point for which 


n ir can be men (Which iet 
evi 


certain the contrary 


Aſſurance thereof, will (I conceive) appear very 
plainly rom the fre following laſances, 


That the. Spiri of God did ſtrive with the 1 
ns ** in 


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order 


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bo bring them from the Error of their Ways, is 
very plain from Seripture. This, to chem, nd 
a Kind or Degree of di Evidence, "that if © 
put away eine 1 225 would 
again receive them into his Favour 


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are convey'd to every worthy Receiver of che 
Sacraments, the ee very plainly declares ; 3 
and therefore when I receive the EH $ 
I have « Degree of divine Evidence oe. 40 


m . out. 5 


2 


„It being declared in Scri ture, 60 that 
c the 22 were framed by the 2825 5 
that the Dead will r , Aba” that 


6 Judge the World.” of all this I 152 a. 
| 8 divine Evidence, ſtill higher than 24 
 thok ſpecified above. 


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" Fourthly, Thoſe immediate at 
of God's Grace, by which 1 find myſelf ens bled 
to perform my Duty, and to raiſe'u . my . 
tions above he things of this World, in a 
ner far above the Reach of 52 own natural 3% 
hries, is to me a hi 8 
dence that God is with me, 3 K of Ho: 
former is of thoſe veal ue to Which they ; 
. en bp Witneſs. - Pa & 
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bi To which Lrply chat 1 am-furprized to fnd 
very unphiloſophical, drop from 
d Pen jo Sh pan, mtg To talk 
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conſider, Sir, that the Exerciſe of Meera 1 
mere voluntary thing; and does it therefore fol- 
low, that becauſe God bas been pleaſed ta exer- 
ciſe one Act which he was no way obliged: to ex 
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Aeg ages va w 1 both theſe. 
ſſertions; and Firft, as to Dita be. 

tween ſhaken, withdrawn, and deſtroyed, 

will I ut, on Reflection, be convinced that it 


poli, while that Doubt remains, be aſſured is 


' Would it not be a very abſurd and 2 
| rradifory Speech, to ſay I am yup 
my Sins are forgiven; and rv Bord 


they are or not, nay I as pn not f Tou 


would certainly, Sir, think that Perſon not well 
in his Wits, who ſhould offer to talk at ſuch 4 


Rate: In ſhort, Doubt, Fear, and Aſſurance 
abſolute In 


„ are 


together in one and the ſame Perſon, concerning 
ſingle Propoſition,” than'the'clear ſhining of 
the Sun in a Room, can conſiſt with a total Pri- 
vation of Li wr yards. 
Moment of 7 ' 


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Secondly; With Relpect to the other Afﬀertion: 
I obſerve that it proceeds from N 


Zſence of it, when it is guck diſtinct 5 
from it; neither does it proceed from one an 
the ſame Agent. Faith is an , of "my | 
aſſenting to the Truth of a P 


to me that Cod has a me: 
. antecedent Af, muſt I not believe, 
the holy Spirit can teſtify to me that Lam acce 
o » of. 6 And can 


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ropoſition; and 


2 without a Difference: For wharſo- 
1 doubr, or fear,” is not true; 1 cannot 


compatibles; and can no more exiſt 


5 1 5 1 n. 1 | 


is an Act of the Holy Ghoſt, oe! an | 


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1 15 
LETTER W. 


The Reverend Mr. wier u b. v. 
| * 1 o 3 oP 


1 Was in Cornwall when your lt was 3 


to the Foutdery, and delivered to my Bro- 
ther. When I returned it was miſlaid, and 
could not be found; ſo that I did not receive it 
ill ſome Months after the Date. 4 


You judge right, with Regard 'to 15 Tract 


incloſed to you. It was ſent to you by Miſtake, | 
—— We ae Name. 


f — — '! . — rarer. — 

Chriſtian Perfection, we a ſtand aſide 
for the W The Point now to be conſider- 
ed, is Chriſtian Faith. This, I apprehend, im- 


plies a divine Evidence, or Conviction of our 44. L 


ceptance : You wpprevend it does nor.” 


1 


In debating this (or indeed any) Point with 
you, I lie under a great Diſadvantage. Fir/t,' 


You know me, whereas 1 do not know. you : 
Secondly, I am a very flow, you ſeem to be a 
very ſwift, Writer: T birdh, My Time is ſo ta- 


ken d up, from Day to Day, and from Week to 


os that I can _ very. little from my ſtated 
Em- 


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. [ 35 J. * 7 
Employments: So that I can neither write o 
largely, nor fo accurately, as I might otherwiſe 
do. All, therefore, which you can expect u] 
me, is (not a cloſe-wrought Chain of connected 
Arguments, but) a ſhort Sketch of what ! ſhould 
d. ace more at large, if had Ore Mae . 


\ Ldceve th ac Fake w fr rom being 2 


161 5 


gent on-our Uueltion ; "our Cuelfion ; tho” none, dat T know, 


Ear t Ki LS Tt ex prof 0. x But T have not Leiſure 


7 rs 7. — to the Argument » 


— the Baptiſm of Hebei I reply, if any 
had averred, during that warm Controverſy, 
<« I received a Senſe of Pardon, when I was bap- 
tiſed by ſuch an Heretick ;“ thoſe on the 
other Side would in no wiſe have believed him; 
fo that the Diſpute would have, remained as 


warm as ever. I know this from plain Fact: 
Many have received a Senſe of Pardon, when 1 3: 


I baptiſed them, But who. wi 
when thi alert. it Who will Ut 25 Dips 
on this ve 7, oo Saha cans 

— 


2 know, likewiſe, that 3 Ie 
| and many ather (if not all) of the Reformers, 


4 


frequently and ſtrongly aſſert, that every Believer 


is conſcious of bis own Acceptance with God 
and that by a ſupernatural Evidence, which if any 
chuſe to term immediate Revelation, he may. But 
neither have I Leiſure to 2 this Cloud 


of Witneſſes. Nor indeed (as you ju ſtly 112 


would the Teſtimony of them a nl 
ſufficient to eftabliſh an unſcriptural Dottrine. 


Therefore, after all, we muſt be Ke by // 
w—_— — And herein we Are clestly 


Gs * 


136 
agreed: We both to the Law nd. the 
 Teftimony + nee enable us to under 


High. Loom if 3-0 


vu ders my ut ber wh 40. /by 
Aiſproring what I never attempted to prove, 

will ſhew you, as diſtinctly as I can, what my 
22 on upon 15 Queſtion; an the ra- 

ther, beca ain not yet 

underſtand — You i I allow-no 

Will. Degrees in Grace, and that I make no Diſtinction 

3 between the full Iſurance of Faith, * a low 

or common Meaſure of it. | 


Sevenil Years ago, Sine Clergymen and ncker | 
Gentlemen, with whom we had a free Converſa- ; 
ſation, - propoſed the following Queſtions to my 1 

| — date, 5 the Anſwers | 

re "9 1" 

Jun 2 5 I £ 
Que. What is Faith? ? 14 $7 

Ante. Faith, in general, is a dine, an 
tural'Elenchos of Things not ſeen, i. e. 

future, or ſpiritual: It is a ſpiritual. Sight of 

3 "God, and the Things of God. Juſtifying Faith, 

is a divine Elenchos that Chyj lov me, nd 
gave himſelf for A 1 


| s 541 '- Dif. Have alt Chriſtians this Faith ? And 
{may not! Nun have it, and not know it? 


. 
bs Ph Auſw. That all Chriſtians have uch > Fach 
1 5 implies a Conſciouſneſs of God's Love, ap- 
pears from Rom. vi. "IS. Eph. iv. 98 2 Cor 
[ | 


ec” of he x 4 A. 


t 1 
| xiii. 5. Heb. viii. 10. 1 bs, 10. v. . G 
" And that no Man can havt it, and not kaow 75 
| - a has, from, i Nature. .of ese 

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N T Does a Man believe any longer dan be. 
14 fees x reconciled God? TOR"; 4 mm 


Ae i not: But we . 
may be very many Degrees in ſeeing God: — { 
as many as are between ſeeing the Jun with = 
Eyelids cloſed, and with the Eyes open. 1 


The Dockeine which I eſpoule, till; I receive 
farther Light, being thus reer, and Me 
einn | 


, A vie Corvittion Gf y being . 
ciled to God, is (I think) ireRI? im * 


1 


in. a divine. e, or Convidlion | 
elſe, but) in a dzvine Corvittion that Chri 725 ; 
, and gave himſelf for me; and ſtill 


2 
clearly in % Spirit's bring Win with 8 
| at als a Child Gl. 2 
7 \ 7 25 
i, lee. no Reaſon either to rsd or 
"ſoften the Expreſſion, God's Mercy, in ime 
« Caſes, obliges him to act thus and thus.” 
Cettainly as his 0% Vature abliges him (in gr"? 
clear and, ſound Seni, e n e . 
and Juſtice in all Things, ſo, in ſome 
Love obliged him to gib e his only; Son, that who- 
ſoever believeth in him omight not periſh. 80 
| much for the Phraſe, My Meaning is, the ſame 
ö © Compaſſion! which moves God to: panen a 
| | mourning, broken-hearted Sinner, moves 4 
. comfort that Mourner, by witneſſing to his. i- 
nit chat bis Sins are N ; 
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of Faith do not exthude” 
which frequently mingle therewith, fore or 
But this you cannot allo: To ſay it cannot of E | 
be Paten without being overthrown; and truſt !? 
ſhall be convinced upon Reflection, that the 
Diſtinction between ben and dgbrched is ub. 
4 ſolutoiy without a Difference.” Hark 4 
Wind riſes! the Houſe Daker! but" wt is- "ut | 44 
overthrown. It n dar ie inen 
Ava? S. * beak r * 
You add, * Ane . a diſtin&t Thing 
« from Farb; neither does it depend on the 
c ſame Agent. Fuith is an Act gf VI! Mind | 
«© Afurance an Act of the Holy Ghoſt: Lan) 
ſwer, Firſt, The Aſſurance in queſtion, is — / 
other than tbe full Aſſurance of Faith , therefore 
12 be a diſtinct thing from Faith, but only | 
r Degree of Faith as excludes all Doubt 
furan, is doubtleſs: wrought in us by the Holy . 
x But ſo is every of true Nb: 
Yer the Mind of Man is the Subject of both. FX 
believe freely : * without all Doubt. 
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plied in juſtifing Faith. e 


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Believer has a 'fure Truſt and Confi 
<< God, that thro' the Merits of Gbrijh, | 
% conciled to God:“ And that in 

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LETTER. vi. 


ann nt 
From p. v. o th Rev. a Wear, 


1 Ann * * 12 ' 
Rey, Sit, Feb. 25, 1756. 
Had the Pleaſure of .y which gave me 


pon Satisfaction, as I think your Conceſſi- 
ons are abundantly «ſufficient to put a Stop to 


1 n us nge 
Article. 


| 7 

Writing of Cb were I ever fo well 
qualified for ſuch an Employment, I am by no 
means fond of: The very. little Good that I 
have obſerved to be done thereby, obliges me to 


- aſſent to the Truth of Mr. Hobbs's <2 


< that A ſeldom work on Mes of Wit 
when once they have dead in” 


W, en eee e Ka 


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; coafeſs, Sir, i 


* Fer 


able to reconcile your Conceſſions, wick what 
both yourſelf and Aſſiſtants fo con 
or en r her Ss are fo > 
+ not nem that their _— 4 

have no rue Faith.” + . 5 4 * 1 wr” 


aſſert 
does 


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this Su e&, ving it a ſerious, atentives- e 
and 7 , by ginlng it.» ſlows, this? the 
Bleſſing of God, might be a happy means of 
making your Uſefulneſs ſtill more extenſive, not a 
only by relicying- the Minds of man of out 
Hearers from a great deal of Perplexity and DI 
4 quiet, but alſo of freeing your. Sentiments con- 
corning Faith- from that Embarraſſment hich | 
. n we at preſent to —_ _— "2558 


In your feb Appeal yo u affirm, 45 & hit Faith 
«6 is the of the Sou 1 This, if 1 miſtaxe 
not, is making it its perceptive Faculty f; that E 
itbe Underſtanding itfelf : But, in your I Letter | * 
m, you define it to conſiſt in ** fe Gage, 

Seeing God, you ſay, being the Eſſence of Faith.” 
Which, I think, is aſſerting it to be dex actual! | | 
| bots ce ani: 01 % wee 2 


To me it appears as echte es wee 
45 Definitions together, as it is to make them 
agree with what I take to be the only true and 
5 per Notion of Faith; namely, that it is“ an 
Aſſent of the Mind to the Trath of a Fath, df 
„ whoſe Exiſtence it has no afftal:Perceptiot; 
« either from an immediate View of the Thing 
s jrſelf, or by neceſſary Inference from: ſome 
other Thing of whoſe Exiſtence it bas an 
„ au Perception.” And I have the Satisfac- 
tion to obſerve, that the Sentiments of out very 
Learned and accurate Biſhop 2 rn cor- 
* with this Definit io. 


With reſp od et ates 
e that it is a ſubj 


"RT" 
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Bb nod; K tbe Obſetvationh dg 
live. made, I have been NOTES | 


HE to grant to the Generality of 17 Believers, 
Pot chat even the greateſt Number of chi 


reof för any long Time 
hw — 5 8 


| Tou-feem, Sit, s . eren of. now 
lag who it is that has en you ſo 
this Diſpute: I inteng to ſatisfy you in that vs 
ucular, but ſhall firſt give the Reaſons why 1 
have hirkere' e . . pc * 
When I firſt RI to e n e 
cerning the Doctrine of original Sin, tho I, was 


certain that the main Subſtance of what I was 


about to affirm, concerning that Particular, 
might be 


times has, even over the moſt ingenuous 
< minds. Can Thing come out of 
Nazareth ? was the 
very remarkable Teſtimony' to the Uprightneſs 
| of his Intentions; and being aj ve, 
a Paſſage i e gene, Journals, that Es > 


indifferent Eſteem with you; I judg d ' 


that i if Lud ſubſcribe with my 


8 hope: n | | 


fo happy as to obtain it, 8 
neither 


proved to be true with tbe Evidoite of | 
the rite Detonfration yet I was well aware 
«..of the remorkable Eftts that Prejudice ſome- 


bjedtion of one whottild's 


from 


1 


that it is a Privilege which Cod dds böt 7 


68] 


Gr ations, * he a cold, inattemtive reading 3 
if chey procured even that: E therefore choſe to 
| pal — mykelf, r dee eke 
of Truth. AT + , 


„ When I went about to remonſtrate to you. 
concerning thoſe Particulars which have been de- 
bated between us, I apprehended that my Rea- 
ſong for Concealment became ſtill ſtronger than 
before: For if I could not hope for an attentive 
Hearing, in a Matter wherein I. t myſelf 
not to differ from you at all; I could much leſs 
promiſe myſelf one, hen the Caſe was quite the 
reverſe ; But as I conceive that you are, by this 
Time, fully acquainted. with all the Force that 
my Obſervations contain, I ſhall now (to uſe 
the Words of an eminent Writer) leave them 
10 to ſtand or fall; as I am deſirous they ſhould, 
according as 2 ce found to have n more, or 


& leſs, weight in 


| Part of the Paſſige in — ol referred 
to above, runs thus: —*<© I ſaw poor R. T. 
ee who had left our Society, Ec.“ Which, the 
Moment I had read, 1 "ror only rom be che 
Perſon intended thereby not from the im- 
tial Letters of my Name, but alſo from the 

other attendant Circumſtances welt in cha Nr 


nb. 


| And now, Sit, you are inſqmed who the 
Perſon is, by whom you have been engaged in 

this Ag I am very — Adven- 

tages ut into your 

vou in this fas but. as 1 — 4 


691 1 


elſe dut Truth in View, 1 am. determined. w 
* abids the Event. There is one thing in your 
Letters which I a little wonder at, „ that | 
you. ſeem (by the Uſe of ſome Leun Words-ig 
your ſecond and third Letters) to have. 
that. you were carrying on, this Debate wi 
Scholar. I cannot imagine what could lead You | 
to ſuch a Conj I am ſure that I have 
been ſcrupulouſly careful not to lead you into 
ſuch a . In my Letter, 75 1 
mentioned Antiquity, my Expreſſion was, /** 
has : am not v much miſinfarrged ;" 
my Lene * 1 la a UL ht This 
t- plainly e intim 
20m 2 others (at ſeaſt on Trandlations) for 
my Information. 2 had 1 been able to have 
conſulted the Authors in their reſpective Origi- 
nals, I ſhould have expreſſed myſelf after a v 
different manner: Nay, fo very careful was 
not to cheriſh in you uch -an Opinion, that I 


ſtudiouſly avoided giving in my third Letter, the 
which 


| Engliſh of two Latin Words in your 

« — very eaſily have done: For having had 
| large Number of Books paſſed under my ; 
Talpe&ioh, have Tearned the Meaning of ſeve- 
ral Latin Words and Sentences ; but I utterly abr 


what I really am not. 


doubt not, Sir, but you will eaſily excuſe he 

Trouble given you on this Occaſion. when 

reſiect that in my firſt Lerter I avoided the 

tion of any thing wherein I ap po 

be of a diffrent Opinion from me 3 and when I 

Beneath ay whe tht. ir ads your 
D 


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the Peace 6f Mankind is 


44 yn of Treaſon, 


own Requeſt tho' [ conceiye had the Caſe been 
really otherwiſe (as this is ene N 
concerned), my Conduct might y have 
deen juſtified : For as à late noble Fe: well ob- 
ſerves, l the Cauſe of Gad, as well as in the 
every Man is an Officer,” 
- Sir, that I have 75 u Nee che Cour, 
my 22 been wanting 
willingly, I am firs I . be 

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