people in general are very desirous to have some new and further demonstration of it but behold a base cheat put upon those that buy the book for there is no mention of the Popish Plot it is not so much as named in all the pages neither the Root nor the Branches upon first sight of the Title there is cause given to conclude that a new Evidence was risen up for the good of the King and Kingdom who could out-do all the former Evidences about the Popish Plot in discovering the very root of it O Excellent and Stupendious sham and now I will enter upon the Consideration of the Pamphlet it self in the begining I find the Author declaring himself like a Prince or some great Prelate Page 1. It hath been our endeavour to correct some of the extravagant strains found in many well meaning Dissenters viz. by good Arguments and Examples together with a sight of their folly in being debarâ—d of the Civil Rights and the close Concurrency of Penal Prosecution they have been at last prevailed upon to come to Church now what these good Arguments were and whether the second was before the first and what those Examples were they are not visible to me but the injoyment of Civil Rights with the close Concurrency of Penal Prosecutions I do now well understand and do believe that the Church of England will rather count such a person a Bastard then a true Child who shall conform upon such base considerations as to comply with the matters of Christianity upon the account of outward safety and in page the second the Author goeth on and saith that it hath been the work of our Adversaries for a long time to put the Protestant Clergy upon Persecuting thereby to justify their old accustomed Cruelty and in this page saith these Adversaries do influence and perswade the poor simple Dissenters that Persecution is an infallible mark of an Antichristian Church now who these Adversaries be that is not plainly said however this Author doth venture to give them a mistical name viz. the Sons of Leviathan and truly I cannot at all think he meaneth the people of Morocco but there is good ground to conclude he meaneth the Papists and if so I believe the Church especially the Protestant Clergy of England will not think that he hath done them any kindness to declare them to be influenced by the Papists to Persecute their Fellow Protestants and so are but the Popes Drudges and it is basely insinuated as if there were a Confederacy between the Papists and the Protestant Clergy which I do not at all believe and it is also as basely insinuated that the Protestant Dissenters are influenced by the Papists to maintain their Nonconformity whereas it is well known that the Protestant Dissenters in general are wholly strangers to that Party and Detesters of their Principles and Practices and in page the fourth the aforesaid Author presumeth to declare all things necessary to Salvation of which he could never yet learn more than these four viz page the third First the learning of a good Catechism to aid and conduct their faith 2dly a good and well composed Form of Prayer to discharge their devotion 3dly To hear learned and good men Preach to revive and quicken them to duty 4thly To square and Regulate their Lives by Moral Precepts or the Law of nature the which whosoever shall humbly and carefully observe constantly and Conscientiously perform then this bold undertaker doth declare as followeth we will assure them Salvation and undertake to answer to God for them and be content to stand chargeable with their Blood if they miscarry Unto which particulars I reply as followeth First A man may learn a good Catechism so as to understand all the Questions and Answers therein and may have the right notion of all those truths in his head and yet be without the real possession of them in his heart 2dly A man may have a well composed Form of Prayer to discharge his devotion and yet be without the Spirit of Prayer 3dly A man may hear Learned and good men Preach to revive and quicken them to Duty and yet be without the Word of God in the power and demonstration of the Holy Ghost 4thly A man may square and regulate his life by Moral Precepts or the Law of Nature humbly Carefully Constantly and Conscientiously and yet be without Spiritual Regeneration and Christ saith without Regeneration there is no Salvation John 3.3,5 And now for the said Author so boldly to assure men of their Salvation and undertake to answer to God for them be content to stand chargeable with their Blood if they miscarry upon those four things before proposed I am at a loss what to conclude concerning the man only this I will venture to say he bids fair for the Care and Cure of Souls Thirdly Absurdity is Contained in the said Pamphlet for he pretendeth to srame Arguments and draw Conclusions from them to ingage persons who are Dissenters to come to the Sacrament in the Church of England but instead of making sound and weighty Arguments that may convince mens judgments they are but very pittiful Images of Arguments not of Gold or Silver or Wood as made by an Artis but more like Images of Clay made by a Child that bedaubs and fouls his Fingers in so doing Which briefly take as followeth First To Communicate in the Supper is either a Civil or a Spiritual thing if Civil as such it may be done 2dly It is Commanded by the Laws of our Country 3dly 'T is no natural Injury to our Neighbours therefore can be no real hurt or prejudice to his own Soul This is a cunning and base insinuation of a Corrupt Notion to Represent the Holy Communion as a Civil action if this once take upon mens minds being willing to save themselves from Sufferings by Penal Laws farewel to the right performance of Holy Ordinances From these Carnal Resonings First if I go to the Sacraments I shall not be so obnoxious among my Neighbours 2dly There is very good Neighbourly Sociiety in Eating and Drinking 3dly The Laws of my Country doth require it 4thly If I do it but seldom I shall escape Sufferings 5thly I shall hereby be qualified to maintain my Civil Rights and Priviledges and thus the Ordinance of God the Word of God and the Law of the Land is most abominably abused for the Law of the Realm doth Require them that come to the Sacrament to come to it not as to a Civil Action but as to Gods Holy Ordinance humbly and devoutly and the Minister is to lay before the people the danger and indignation which God hath threatned to them which shall presume to receive the same unworthily see the Statute Anno primo Edward the sixth Chap. the first Then the Author goeth on thus page the fourth If it be spiritual goodness it cannot be dangerous and unsafe because we have the Word of God that