act without a perfect oppofition to God and his law. (2.) How the truth and that character which he has no tafte for, and to which his heart is wholly oppofite, can, by being fet before his mind in his unrenewed ftate, engage his love to it. (3.) Why men who hate God and his truth will not feel their oppofition or enmity to them, exert itself in proportion to their greater acquaintance with them, fince this holds true, in fact and experience, in all other cafes.

Mr. H. alfo cenfures the diftinction which fome. divines make between active and paffive converfion, &c. as obfcure and improper, and fays, To speak "more intelligibly, there is a diftinction to be made "between the action of the fpirit of God on the mind, "in which the mind is paffive as acted upon, and the "action of the mind answering thereto,"* and owns that the Westminster affembly speak to this purpofe in their confeffion of faith, Chap: x. art. 2, where they fay, He (man) is altogether paffive there untill be ing quickened and renewed by the holy fpirit, he is thereby enabled to anfwer this call, and embrace the grace offered.' Now what is the mighty difference between Mr. H's diftinction and that which he cenfures Mr. H. feems greatly concerned to be efteemed a calvinift, and those who read only his letter may be tempted to hope he is one; but then his dialogue proves him an arminian, or at least the doctrines which that contains, are most evidently fuch as have, all along, been charged on the arminians by found calvinists, and which they have difputed for.

After what has been obferved, the reader will not be furprised to hear Mr.H. fay, "I neither denied nor reafoned against the immediate operation of the fpi"rit but only against an operation without the word of trucb." The fpirit's operations may be immediate, "and yet be with the truth." The abfurdity of this is fo glaring, as to baffle every attempt to illustrate it. However + Let, P. 4.

* Let. p. 9.

However he is conftrained to admit the chief things contended for, fo that the truth is in no great danger of fuffering by his former oppofition to it. And it will be needlefs for me to difpute with him any more on these points, whatever he may reply, fince he has yielded what I difpute for. And indeed he can write no more against me, unless he turns about again, and in the face of the conceffions in his letter, refumes the doctrine he has taught in his dialogue, which he de clares he did not think of when he wrote it.

Mr. Hopkins in his animadverfions points out some inconfiftences he finds in Mr. H's dialogue, and fhews that "he contradicts himself in fundry important particulars, and really owns the doctrines he condemns," to which he answers, "I don't think it need❝ful to answer you particularly as to this. The in"confiftences you complain of are of your own "making. The appearance of contradictions is the "refult of your mifconftructions, misrepresentations, "and falfe colourings."*

This is a very easy way of anfwering the charge of inconfiftence. The evidence of which is glaring,and I believe this was the reafon he did not think proper to answer the charge. For my part, I really believe he never can clear himself from it.

There are many other things to be found in his. letter that equally deserve remark and cenfure with thefe already mentioned; but I close this poftfcript, earnestly praying that the God of all grace may give his bleffing to thefe feeble attempts to defend his truth, and enlighten our eyes to fee the truth and glory of the ancient gofpel of Chrift,and that we may all be fo hap py as to arrive to that bleffed state where we shall fee eye to eye and every error both of judgment and heart be rectified, and God and the Lamb be our eternal light. Even fo Amen.

*Let. p. 12, 13.

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CONTENTS of the APPENDIX.

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ECT. I. In which Mr. H's leading Sentiments is covered, and fet in a plain Light from his own Book. Page 63. SECT. II. Some arguments in confutation of Mr. H's leading fentiment, viz. That natural confcience neceffarily implies a tafte for moral excellency or the divine charaЯter. SECT. III. In which Mr. H's notion of enmity is confidered and confuted.

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P. 75:

P. 89.

SECT. IV. Wherein Mr. H's notions, that faith in Christ, and fubmiffion to the righteoufnefs of God, preceeds regeneration; and that regeneration is effected by objective light,or moral fwafion, are confidered and confuted. P. 104. SECT. V. A view of the confequences drawn by Mr. H. *from my doctrine, in order to confate it, and to eftablish his notions of natural virtue, and of regeneration's being effected by light. P. 107. SECT. VI. Several texts bro't by Mr. H. in order to prove that regeneration is effected by light, confidered. P. 122. SECT. VII. In which is fhewn Mr. H's agreement with Mr. Sandeman. P. 136. SECT. VIII. Shewing the Falfhood of Mr. H's cry of New Divinity, &c.

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before he reads the book; as thefe are the chief which have occurred to notice.

Pref. p. 4, 1. 16, from bottom, for faufter, r. fofler.—Append, p. 76, 1. 21, for on, r. or. P. 77, 1. 12, from bottom, for never, r. ever. P. 81, 1. 11, from bottom, for if, r. their. P. 82, 1. laft, for their, t. his." P. 91, note, 1. 8, 9, for and that, r. fince. P. 100, 1. 1, blot out not. P. 104,1. 6, for this, r. bis. P. 109, 1. 17, after no, r. more. P. 115, 1. 21, for 52, r. 57. P. 124, note ¶, r. 56. P. 126,1 6, from bottem, for difapproved, r. difproved. P. 139, 1. 8, Mr. H', r. bis. P. 140, 1. 3, after or, put comma. P.146, 1. 3, from bottom, in the note, for vex, r. vix. P. 156, 1. 1, in the note, for depravity, x. corruption. P. 159, 1, 16, blot out and.

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