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“he DeeLuing® In Ter, WA vok- 14 Etbrartan Wrtarpara Joykrishs Public Libray Govt of West Booed RE LAERARY ‘HE : : ~ DOOTRINES IN DISPUT BETWEEN TRE CHURCH OF ENGLAND AND THE CRURCH OF ROME FBULA REPDESENTED, an ANSWER TO THE REPRESENTER'S REFLECTIONS STATE AND VIEW OF THB CONTROVERSY, A MEVLY 10 THR VINDICATOR’S FULL ANSWER; TMAT THE VINDICATOR HAs UETRNLY BUINED THE NEW DEBIGN OF RXPCCNLING AND RUCURSENTING POEDRY.” THE PREFACE. I mavE hore brought together the Boprescnitir ani the Vin- dicator, two friends that some to have been pteat at ta one another offnie. ‘They have been go busy cach of thunn jn pursuing his own proper port, that they have bad np oye to Big salty of that deaign wich ia common to both. Nothing seems to reqcire a more.gica and exact eace, than 0 to expound aid represent the Rouen eligion, a8 t gett Prosestunte, and yet not ta hasurd the very preiences, to infel- lhility in the Roman Church, “aod, to unity theta. selves. And, therefore, sinco these two ware opel in this, orb, they aught, above alt shings, io ten preowdel by fprimon advios and Bike tea even sipaieen Af it weee pontible, Shey ahould have tanttiéd ous ‘anothabia orety point. “enh. XY. cd %, ELAR y z AN ANSWER TO TNE But something ot ather haa broken off this correspouitence for the Vinllieaior haz mmdone the Represeuter, if thal, mm can be undone by another, who had umdane bimself before. And botwixt’ them both, there is a Lupefal cause last, which, can never he retriceed but hy new hauds, or by a declared war hetwoen these bo, in which the Meprcsenter, if he can, mnsl undo the Vindicator. Tf the Represcuter has a better opinion af his own affairs, he ism happy man ; for dare almost undertake, that for the future nobody shall go ahont to distuth bu, bnt tw shall keep posscesion in pence. L was for this time prevailed with to rome in for one of answerers. Tle hax shaked off two or theres alreudy, nud enough to tire ont all the controvertista iu town. ‘To write againat him is now grown os unprofitnble a arudgery, as (0 plough up areck, where thereis no wil to be turned ap. Le gives little or uo acension to write any ting that will answer the attention of a judicious reaer, and of acnrigus anc. Ie may be ennfuted indeud, tnd ep aa he deserves to be; but it is bain mere trial af Ai, which: webndy is che better for. ‘To anewee hin eww will never pay the charge of a hook, and therefore he thet uuderiakew it must either leave him, as he was wont to serve his adversaries, ax be content with pertinence whore it i8 good for nothing. This is the best apology: T have ta rake for those barren +s which ycens someliines in the mswer to him. Awd if ilie-reader will accept it now, I puss my word to weed it ne more, ‘The Hepresenter inuy from this time, either carry on the chnrncter-controversy upon his old thirty-seven. point’, ot De may think of some new ndditions to patch up a fourth part cat of his first three, as he compound a third out of hin first amu second ; and he may come out with fifteen fresh erticles of representation one a year as long as he lives, without -any great fhav of being opppied. Tle may wow write with a privilege, and say what he pleases, iF TL, Hills will but give his consent ; for I think nobody dye it like to dixconrage him.” And if he prts ont « reply to this answer, he shall do very well, but thea I promise his he shall answer it himself’; aud get the victory by fighting the battle on both sides. ‘The Vindicator is making all the haste be can after him : Tw truth the Reprosenter came first to perfection, by nothing clge but getting the start of him. For { have no skill at all, MEPHRARNTHIS REVEECTIONS, a il the next hook, that the Vindicutar writes in this controversy, dues uot nuke him a privileged author too. Iiwtecd if he slould happen to be as good as bis word, and y to answer the discourse of extreme unetivn, or tall upou sinae fresh subjeet the wext thing he does, he will be but an cotivary num 30 auch the lager. For ‘shen those men_ begin controversy, they write ke other men, and so Tong it i possible ta auswer then ; but they have euch a way of carrying it on, as will wear ont the pationce of any mat living. When thelr arguments are pout ivithont doing any execution, onc wonkd heliove they must of aeeessity yields but they never appear invincible fill the they bring: such tersible reserves, when they em reason uo juuger, that the best we can do, ig to make an honourablerctreat, ‘The Vindicator ix meh in the same state that the Ropre sentor was in. when his last answer pteinty shewod hin dst Ve bial dropt the whole eontrovergy, au! [oat ls whale ease ‘or the Vindientor, ws T have sltewn in reply, has Inst the very saine cause anovhor way: if therefore he intends to be as famous as the Kepreseater, I expeet from him a prefave, or the like containing reficetions apau_my reply to his letter; and i¢ and afte ‘ Tt was Ue same ungratcth) work to have to do with one of hese pieces, as with both; mud it was pity that more than one quan should disoblige his bunds about i; aud therefore when Thad the Representer’s performanee lufore me, 1 aceiled no entrenty to tndk he Vindieutar’s full answer to its in my reply to which aewer E have ahewn these men to one auother : anit the Represvnter, I eanot. but faney, looks like a chemist, that having laid out al! be is worth in trying for the philow- Pher'sstone, is in the very nick of bis mvensonable hopes, vundoue by on wnhicky friend, who comes in hustily, and by ‘one monicat’s meddling, confounds the whole operation. ‘The Representer has heen setting up # good. substantial Dopery for Protestants to be foud of, which was to he found in the possession of living men, with whom we may change a vword, as ocension serves ; but the Vindicator whe was ia with hbitn in the same design, must needs shew that he could help it forward by patting words togetherin less than a yom's fine and ao the Popery they have been Inbouting for #0 loug, ia dwindled into » Chareh-sense, which it is im vain for men a2